CVE-2008-0006: x.org xserver

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-0006 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in x.org xserver. EPSS estimates a 5.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 18-01-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.