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CVE-2006-6101

Published: Dec 31, 2006 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6101
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Integer overflow in the ProcRenderAddGlyphs function in the Render extension for X.Org 6.8.2, 6.9.0, 7.0, and 7.1, and XFree86 X server, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted X protocol request that triggers memory corruption during processing of glyph management data structures.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
X.orgX.org6.8.2 (including)6.8.2 (including)
X.orgX.org6.9.0 (including)6.9.0 (including)
X.orgX.org7.0 (including)7.0 (including)
X.orgX.org7.1 (including)7.1 (including)
Xfree86Xfree86_project**
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1RedHatXFree86-0:4.1.0-78.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatXFree86-0:4.3.0-115.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatxorg-x11-0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5*
Xorg-serverUbuntudapper*
Xorg-serverUbuntudevel*
Xorg-serverUbuntuedgy*
Xorg-serverUbuntufeisty*

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