CVE-2006-3739

published 2006-09-13

CVE-2006-3739: Integer overflow in the CIDAFM function in X.Org 6.8.2 and XFree86 X server allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted Adobe Font Metrics (AFM)…

Priority P4 27 high 7.2 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C C I C A C

Integer overflow in the CIDAFM function in X.Org 6.8.2 and XFree86 X server allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) files with a modified number of character metrics (StartCharMetrics), which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	libxfont	< libxfont 1:1.2.2-1 (bookworm)	libxfont 1:1.2.2-1 (bookworm)
x.org	libxfont	>= 0 < 1:1.2.2-1	1:1.2.2-1
x.org	libxfont	>= 0 < 1:1.2.2-1	1:1.2.2-1
x.org	libxfont	>= 0 < 1:1.2.2-1	1:1.2.2-1
x.org	libxfont	>= 0 < 1:1.2.2-1	1:1.2.2-1
x.org	x.org	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.2 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 7.2 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.2 HIGH

vendor_redhat 7.2 HIGH

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