CVE-2006-3739

NameCVE-2006-3739
DescriptionInteger 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1193-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libxfont (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:1.5.1-1+deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1:2.0.1-3+deb9u2fixed
buster1:2.0.3-1fixed
bullseye1:2.0.4-1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm1:2.0.6-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libxfontsource(unstable)1:1.2.2-1
xfree86sourcesarge4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge2DSA-1193-1

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