CVE-2008-0006
EPSS 27.6%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2008-0006
To remediate CVE-2008-0006, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libxfont—upgrade to 1:1.3.1-2 or later
- Debian/xorg-server—upgrade to 2:1.4.1~git20080105-2 or later
Is CVE-2008-0006 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 27.6%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1:1.3.1-2
- from 0, < 2:1.4.1~git20080105-2