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.
Published: 2006-09-13
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1193-1 New XFree86 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-3733 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-344-1 X.org vulnerabilities
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-07.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016828 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102714-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102780-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-190.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-191.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1193 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=412 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:164 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0665.html cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19974 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-344-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3581 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3582 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0322 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28899 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-614 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3739 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10305 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3739 cve-icon
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
X.org X.org
Xfree86 Project Xfree86 X
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:39:54.038Z

Reserved: 2006-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3739

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-13T01:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-3739

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-3739 - Bugzilla

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