fkie_cve-2008-0006
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-01-18 23:00
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| sun | solaris_libfont | * | |
| sun | solaris_libxfont | * | |
| x.org | xserver | * |
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],
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"type": "Primary"
}
]
}
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
- Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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