DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3740

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3740

    Published: 13 Sept 2006Last Modified: 7 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2006-3740

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in the scan_cidfont function in X.Org 6.8.2 and XFree86 X server allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) CMap and (2) CIDFont font data with modified item counts in the (a) begincodespacerange, (b) cidrange, and (c) notdefrange sections.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3740

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxfont

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libxfont?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.2.2-1

    Affected versions

    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