CVE-2006-1526 Memory corruption in n/a
Low 2.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-1526 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2006-1526 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1526 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1526/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1526/index.md)
A buffer overflow in the X.org X server render extension allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-1526?
CVE-2006-1526 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1526?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
xorg-x11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Xdmx Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Xnest Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Xvfb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-font-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-sdk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-twm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-xauth Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-xdm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-xfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Xdmx Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Xnest Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Xvfb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-font-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-sdk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-twm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-xauth Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-xdm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-xfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
xorg-x11-Xdmx Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1 |
Products include X.org X11r6.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1526?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2006-1526 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1526 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1526, GHSA-h3hm-p5jw-xp4h, RHSA-2006:0451.