2.1
LOW
CVE-2006-1526
X.org X Server XRender Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Description

Buffer overflow in the X render (Xrender) extension in X.org X server 6.8.0 up to allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated by the (1) XRenderCompositeTriStrip and (2) XRenderCompositeTriFan requests in the rendertest from XCB xcb/xcb-demo, which leads to an incorrect memory allocation due to a typo in an expression that uses a "&" instead of a "*" operator. NOTE: the subject line of the original announcement used an incorrect CVE number for this issue.

INFO

Published Date :

May 2, 2006, 9:06 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 18, 2018, 4:33 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-1526 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 X.org x11r6
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-1526.

URL Resource
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-May/015136.html Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19900 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19915 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19916 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19921 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19943 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19951 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19956 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19983
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016018
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102339-1
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-02.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/633257 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:081
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_03.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openbsd.org/errata38.html#xorg
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0451.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436327/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17795
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1617
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6642
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26200
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9929
https://usn.ubuntu.com/280-1/

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-1526 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-1526 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/436327/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436327/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-280-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/280-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9929 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9929 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26200 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26200 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-1526 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-1526 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} 0.00%

score

0.38592

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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