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CVE-2006-3740 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21864 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21889 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21890 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21894 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21900 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21904 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21908 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21924 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22080 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22141 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22332 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22560 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23033 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23899 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23907 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24636 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-07.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016828 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102780-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-190.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-191.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1193 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=411 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:164 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0665.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0666.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445812/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19974 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-344-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3581 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3582 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0322 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28890 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-614 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9454 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-3740
NVD Published Date:
09/12/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.