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libxfont — security advisory
Integer overflow in the CIDAFM function in X.Org 6.8.2 and XFree86 X server allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) files with a modified number of character metrics (StartCharMetrics), which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Products
- libxfont
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:1.2.2-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2006-3739
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Integer overflow in the CIDAFM function in X.Org 6.8.2 and XFree86 X server allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) files with a modified number of character metrics (StartCharMetrics), which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3739
libxfont
Fixed versions: 1:1.2.2-1
libxfont
Fixed versions: 1:1.2.2-1
libxfont
Fixed versions: 1:1.2.2-1
Complete source record
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