CVE-2006-1526

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.

2.1

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.44%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0451.html	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19921	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19943	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26200	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19956	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:081	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1617	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19951	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_03.html	patch vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9929	signature vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17795	vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102339-1	vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/633257	third party advisory us government resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016018	vdb entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-02.xml	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19983	third party advisory
http://www.openbsd.org/errata38.html#xorg	vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024	vendor advisory
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6642
http://secunia.com/advisories/19900	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/280-1/	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436327/100/0/threaded	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19915	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-May/015136.html	patch mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/19916	patch vendor advisory third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1526?: CVE-2006-1526 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1526?: To fix CVE-2006-1526, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1526 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-1526 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.