CVE-2006-3739

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CVE-2006-3739

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CVE-2006-3739 at MITRE

Description

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.2
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 202367 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 243978 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SR:2006:023, published Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:00:00 +0000

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 04:00:17 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:17:08 2023