Unscored severity · published Jan 18, 2008
CVE-2008-0006
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…
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CVSS
5.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.1% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SL
Solaris Libfont · Sun
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SL
Solaris Libxfont · Sun
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
XS
Xserver · X.org
through 1.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0006
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0006
bugs.gentoo.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362
docs.info.apple.com
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
h20000.www2.hp.com
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
jvn.jp
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88935101/index.html
jvndb.jvn.jp
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-001043.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html