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CVE-2008-0006

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 5.11%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-01-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2008-0006
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.11%

Original NVD 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.