CVE-2006-3740
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
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.
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
- 0.5% (44th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3734)
- 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-2006-3734 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/23907
- 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=1-26-102780-1
- 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=411(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/28890
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-614
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9454
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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