# 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, allow

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-01-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## 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

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