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    CVE-2008-0006

    Buffer overflow in (1) X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1, and (2) the libfont and libXfont libraries on some platforms including Sun Solaris, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PCF font with a large difference between the last col and first col values in the PCF_BDF_ENCODINGS table.

    Published:Jan 17, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jan 18, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.29274
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Sun
    Product
    Solaris Libfont
    Vendor
    Sun
    Product
    Solaris Libxfont
    Vendor
    X.org
    Product
    Xserver

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

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    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
    http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88935101/index.html
    http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-001043.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
    http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28273
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28500
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28532
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28535
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28536
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28540
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28542
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28544
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28550
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28571
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28592
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28621
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28718
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28843
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28885
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28941
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29139
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29707
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32545
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103192-1
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201230-1
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-038.htm
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-077.htm
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203220
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:024
    http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg
    http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0064.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27352
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000
    http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile112539&label=AIX%20X%20server%20multiple%20vulnerabilities
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428044
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39767
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10021
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00674.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00771.html
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
    http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88935101/index.html
    http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-001043.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
    http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28273
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28500
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28532
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28535
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28536
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28540
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28542
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28544
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28550
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28571
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28592
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28621
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28718
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28843
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28885
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28941
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29139
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29707
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32545
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103192-1
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201230-1
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-038.htm
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-077.htm
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203220
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:024
    http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg
    http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0064.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27352
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000
    http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile112539&label=AIX%20X%20server%20multiple%20vulnerabilities
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428044
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39767
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10021
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00674.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00771.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High