Vulnerability in Xfree86 Project X

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) files with a modified number of character metrics (StartCharMetrics), which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

EPSS: 0.006 (44.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

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