cve/2006/CVE-2006-3739.md

### [CVE-2006-3739](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3739)
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### Description

Integer overflow in the CIDAFM function in X.Org 6.8.2 and XFree86 X server allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) files with a modified number of character metrics (StartCharMetrics), which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html

#### Github
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