DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3739

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3739
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3739.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3739
Upstream
Published
2006-09-13T01:07:00Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:47.503188Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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"
}

Debian:14 / 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"
}