CVE-2006-3739

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    CVE-2006-3739

    Published: 13 Sept 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    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: http://secunia.com/advisories/21864, http://secunia.com/advisories/21889, http://secunia.com/advisories/21890, http://secunia.com/advisories/21894, http://secunia.com/advisories/21900, http://secunia.com/advisories/21904, http://secunia.com/advisories/21908, http://secunia.com/advisories/21924, http://secunia.com/advisories/22080, http://secunia.com/advisories/22141, http://secunia.com/advisories/22332, http://secunia.com/advisories/22560, http://secunia.com/advisories/23033, http://secunia.com/advisories/23899, http://secunia.com/advisories/24636, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-07.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1193, http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=412, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:164, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0665.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0666.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-344-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3581, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3582, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0322, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171, http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=412, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0665.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0666.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016828, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102714-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102780-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-190.htm, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-191.htm, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445812/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19974, http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28899, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-614, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10305

    Affected packages

    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