CVE-2008-0006

Published Jan 18, 2008

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_libfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E88F5381-BBB6-4D16-8C15-CAC9F21EBD95"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_libxfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "C5D35315-915F-4F6B-816F-17E0CD9AE6DA"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "EBC8352E-BBB6-4B41-AD07-447D8D71CE7D",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.4"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

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