Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-1526
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.
Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1526
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.10%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 39 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-1526
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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2.1
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LOW | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
3.9
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2.9
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NIST |
References for CVE-2006-1526
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http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_03.html
Patch;Vendor Advisory
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http://www.openbsd.org/errata38.html#xorg
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1016018
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/633257
US Government Resource
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9929
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436327/100/0/threaded
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-02.xml
Patch;Vendor Advisory
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0451.html
Patch;Vendor Advisory
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http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-May/015136.html
Patch
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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6642
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26200
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1617
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:081
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102339-1
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17795
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/280-1/
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024
Products affected by CVE-2006-1526
- cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*