CVE-2008-0006

Xorg / XFree86 PCF font parser buffer overflow

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Un desbordamiento del búfer en (1) X.Org Xserver versiones anteriores a 1.4.1, y (2) las bibliotecas libfont y libXfont en algunas plataformas, incluyendo Sun Solaris, permite a atacantes dependiendo del contexto ejecutar código arbitrario por medio de una fuente PCF con una diferencia considerable entre los últimos y primeros valores col en la tabla PCF_BDF_ENCODINGS.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-12-03 CVE Reserved
2008-01-18 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (68)

URL	Tag	Source
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362	X_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562	X_refsource_confirm
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88935101/index.html	Third Party Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-001043.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28718	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28843	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28885	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28941	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29139	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29707	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32545	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232	Vdb Entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-038.htm	X_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-077.htm	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203220	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27352	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000	Vdb Entry
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile112539&label=AIX%20X%20server%20multiple%20vulnerabilities	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39767	Vdb Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10021	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html	2018-10-15
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103192-1	2018-10-15
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336	2018-10-15

URL	Date	SRC
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321	2018-10-15
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html	2018-10-15
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html	2018-10-15
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28273	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28500	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28532	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28535	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28536	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28540	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28542	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28544	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28550	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28571	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28592	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28621	2018-10-15
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml	2018-10-15
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml	2018-10-15
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201230-1	2018-10-15
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml	2018-10-15
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021	2018-10-15
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022	2018-10-15
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:024	2018-10-15
http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg	2018-10-15
http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg	2018-10-15
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html	2018-10-15
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html	2018-10-15
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0064.html	2018-10-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428044	2008-01-17
https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1	2018-10-15
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html	2018-10-15
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00674.html	2018-10-15
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html	2018-10-15
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00771.html	2018-10-15
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0006	2008-01-17

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Libfont Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris Libfont"				*		-		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Libxfont Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris Libxfont"				*		-		Affected
X.org Search vendor "X.org"		Xserver Search vendor "X.org" for product "Xserver"				<= 1.4 Search vendor "X.org" for product "Xserver" and version " <= 1.4"		-		Affected