Vulnerability in X.org X11r6

CVE-2006-1526

Buffer overflow in the X render (Xrender) extension in X.org X server 6.8.0 up to allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated by the (1) XRenderCompositeTriStrip and (2) XRenderCompositeTriFan requests in the rendertest from XCB xcb/xcb-demo, which leads to an incorrect memory allocation due to a typo in an expression that uses a "&" instead of a "*" operator. NOTE: the subject line of the original announcement used an incorrect CVE number for this issue.

EPSS: 0.005 (42.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • X.org X11r6 — versions 6.7.0, 6.8, 6.8.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

References