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CVE-2006-1526

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1526 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the X.org X server, specifically within the X render (Xrender) extension versions up to 6.8.0. This flaw, caused by a typo in a memory allocation expression, allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (crash) through crafted XRenderCompositeTriStrip or XRenderCompositeTriFan requests. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low attack complexity and impact limited to availability. There is no known exploit intelligence, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: xorg-x11-0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-1526Important

security flaw

May 2, 2006

References

lists.freedesktop.org / archives/xorg/2006-May/015136.html
Patch
bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/19900
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19915
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19916
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19921
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19943
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19951
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19956
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19983
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26200
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9929
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
usn.ubuntu.com / 280-1
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-02.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/633257
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_05_03.html
PatchVendor Advisory
openbsd.org / errata38.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0451.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/436327/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17795
trustix.org / errata/2006/0024
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1617