CVE-2006-6101

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    CVE-2006-6101

    Published: 31 Dec 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in the ProcRenderAddGlyphs function in the Render extension for X.Org 6.8.2, 6.9.0, 7.0, and 7.1, and XFree86 X server, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted X protocol request that triggers memory corruption during processing of glyph management data structures.

    References: http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2007-002.txt.asc, http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=463, http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-January/000235.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/23633, http://secunia.com/advisories/23670, http://secunia.com/advisories/23684, http://secunia.com/advisories/23689, http://secunia.com/advisories/23698, http://secunia.com/advisories/23705, http://secunia.com/advisories/23758, http://secunia.com/advisories/23789, http://secunia.com/advisories/23966, http://secunia.com/advisories/24168, http://secunia.com/advisories/24210, http://secunia.com/advisories/24247, http://secunia.com/advisories/24401, http://secunia.com/advisories/25802, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-25.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:005, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_08_x.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-403-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0108, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0109, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0589, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0669, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2233, https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1249, http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=463, http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-January/000235.html, http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01075678, http://osvdb.org/32084, http://securitytracker.com/id?1017495, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.393555, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102803-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-066.htm, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-074.htm, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0002.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0003.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21968, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31337, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-920, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10490

    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