CVE-2006-6101

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6101
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X.org X.org 6.8.2 All All All
Application X.org X.org 6.9.0 All All All
Application X.org X.org 7.0 All All All
Application X.org X.org 7.1 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project Xfree86 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[ANNOUNCE] X.Org Security Advisory: multiple integer overflows in dbe and render extensions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.freedesktop.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
SUSE update for XFree86 and Xorg - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/32084 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Avaya Products XFree86 "DBE" and "Render" Extensions Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
Debian update for xfree86 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
HP-UX update for Xserver - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
ASA-2007-066 (RHSA-2007-0002) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Mandriva update for xorg-x11 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for xorg-server - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-920 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2007-002.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org
XFree86 "DBE" and "Render" Extensions Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat update for xorg-x11 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ASA-2007-074 (SUN 102803) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20000.www2.hp.com
rPath update for xorg-x11 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Avaya CMS xfs / X Render and DBE Extensions Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-403-1: X.org vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
X Memory Corruption Errors in Render and DBE Extensions Let Local Users Gain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1249-1 xfree86 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
X.Org X11 "DBE" and "Render" Extensions Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
X.Org DBE And Render Extensions Multiple Local Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
#102803: Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities in the X Font Server (xfs(1)) and the X Render and DBE Extensions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Sun Solaris X Font Server / X Render and DBE Extensions Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for xserver-xorg-core - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- X.Org X server: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Slackware update for x11 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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