CVE-2006-3740

N/A
Published: September 13, 2006 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsX.orgXFREE86 X

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (39)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/21864
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/21889
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/21890
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/21894
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/21900
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/21904
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/21908
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/21924

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

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