CVE-2006-0197 describes a vulnerability in the XClientMessageEvent struct within X.Org 6.8.2 and earlier, affecting components like the X server and Xlib. The use of a "long" specifier for array elements leads to inconsistent struct sizes across 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. This flaw has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and could allow unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with low attack complexity, and potentially other unspecified attacks. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x.org:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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