CVE-2006-3740

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the scan_cidfont function in X.Org 6.8.2 and XFree86 X server allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) CMap and (2) CIDFont font data with modified item counts in the (a) begincodespacerange, (b) cidrange, and (c) notdefrange sections.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 13, 2006
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2006-3740: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix