CVE-2006-1526

security flaw

Published May 2, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-1530 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-280-1 X.org server vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:12 PM
Reserved
Mar 30, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 2, 2006, 9:06 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:23 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
May 2, 2006, 2:00 PM