CVE-2006-3740

published 2006-09-13

CVE-2006-3740: Integer overflow in the scan_cidfont function in X.Org 6.8.2 and XFree86 X server allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) CMap and (2)…

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 scan_cidfont function in X.Org 6.8.2 and XFree86 X server allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) CMap and (2) CIDFont font data with modified item counts in the (a) begincodespacerange, (b) cidrange, and (c) notdefrange sections.

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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