CVE-2008-0006
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 5.11 % · percentile 92 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28542
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29139
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-077.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103192-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00674.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428044
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28500
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29707
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28540
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28544
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10021
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28718
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28592
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0064.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39767
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28621
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28273
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28550
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-038.htm
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-001043.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28885
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28535
- +17 more
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2008-0019
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2008-0006
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2008-AVI-148 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Apple Mac OS X · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTA-2008-AVI-030 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans X.Org · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_libfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_libxfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 1.4
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |