Vulnerability Details : 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 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.
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute code
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0006
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 45.88%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 97 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-0006
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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7.5
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
10.0
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6.4
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-0006
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2008-0006
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00771.html
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428044
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:024
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http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-077.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336
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http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88935101/index.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201230-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232
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http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-038.htm
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00674.html
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile112539&label=AIX%20X%20server%20multiple%20vulnerabilities
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http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-001043.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103192-1
Patch
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10021
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27352
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0064.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39767
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
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- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html
Products affected by CVE-2008-0006
- cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_libfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_libxfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*