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CVE-2006-1526

LOW
2.1
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the X render (Xrender) extension in X.org X server 6.8.0 up to allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated by the (1) XRenderCompositeTriStrip and (2) XRenderCompositeTriFan requests in the rendertest from XCB xcb/xcb-demo, which leads to an incorrect memory allocation due to a typo in an expression that uses a "&" instead of a "*" operator. NOTE: the subject line of the original announcement used an incorrect CVE number for this issue.

How to fix

Remediation Available
xorg-serverDebian
Fixed in:1:1.0.2-8CVE-2006-1526
Fixed in:1:1.0.2-8CVE-2006-1526
Fixed in:1:1.0.2-8CVE-2006-1526
Fixed in:1:1.0.2-8CVE-2006-1526

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.51%probability of exploitation in 30 days
40thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 40% of all known CVEs.

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