Vulnerability in Xfree86 Project X
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) CIDFont font data with modified item counts in the (a) begincodespacerange, (b) cidrange, and (c) notdefrange sections.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (41.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xfree86 Project X
- X.org — versions 6.8.2
References
- secunia.com/advisories/23907 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0666.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-191.htm
- secunia.com/advisories/21900 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21904 (third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21864 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21894 (third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-344-1 (vendor-advisory)