--- title: "CVE-2008-0006\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0006?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-0006 Publication date 18 January 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | libxfont | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1:1.3.0-0ubuntu1.1 | | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1:1.2.7-1ubuntu1.1 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1:1.2.0-0ubuntu3.2 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1:1.0.0-0ubuntu3.4 | | xorg-server | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.1 | | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2:1.2.0-3ubuntu8.1 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1:1.1.1-0ubuntu12.3 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.8 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0006) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0006) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-0006) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0006) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-571-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-571-1) + X.org vulnerabilities + 18 January 2008 ### Other references *