VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-3739

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.59%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-09-13
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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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