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CVE-2008-0006

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2008-01-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Sun Solaris LibxfontSun Solaris LibfontX.Org Xserver

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References