CVE-2006-3740 Affecting libxfont package, versions <1:1.2.2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBXFONT-17966112
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed13 Sept 2006

Introduced: 13 Sep 2006

CVE-2006-3740  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest libxfont to version 1:1.2.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxfont package and not the libxfont package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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