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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libxfont

Package

Name: libxfont
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libxfont?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:1.2.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libxfont

Package

Name: libxfont
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libxfont?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:1.2.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libxfont

Package

Name: libxfont
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libxfont?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:1.2.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}