CVE-2008-0006
X.Org Xserver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 18, 2008, 11 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:40 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
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vulnerability.
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CVE-2008-0006 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362 Added Reference http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 Added Reference http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321 Added Reference http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321 Added Reference http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88935101/index.html Added Reference http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-001043.html Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html Added Reference http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28273 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28500 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28532 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28535 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28536 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28540 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28542 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28544 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28550 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28571 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28592 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28621 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28718 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28843 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28885 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28941 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29139 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29707 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30161 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32545 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103192-1 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201230-1 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-038.htm Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-077.htm Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203220 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:024 Added Reference http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg Added Reference http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0064.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27352 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000 Added Reference http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile112539&label=AIX%20X%20server%20multiple%20vulnerabilities Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428044 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39767 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10021 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/ Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00674.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00771.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/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-571-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10021 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10021 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39767 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39767 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 21, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-0006 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-2008-0006
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
88.95 }} 57.60%
score
0.98973
percentile