CVE-2006-3739
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the CIDAFM function in X.Org 6.8.2 and XFree86 X server allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) files with a modified number of character metrics (StartCharMetrics), which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.6% (49th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3733)
- Published
- September 13, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3733 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- x.org / x.org
- xfree86 project / xfree86 x
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21864
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21894
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21900
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21904
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21908
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21924
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22080
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22141
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22332
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22560
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23899
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24636
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-07.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016828
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102714-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102780-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-190.htm
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-191.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1193
- http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=412(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:164
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0665.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0666.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445812/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19974
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-344-1
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3581
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3582
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0322
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28899
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-614
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10305
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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