A vulnerability has been reported in X11, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a buffer size calculation error within the XRender extension triangle handling code. This can be exploited by a client that is authorised to connect to the X server to cause a buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation may allow arbitrary code execution.

The vulnerability has been reported in X11R6.8.x, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 (xorg-server 1.0.x).

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Original Advisory
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-May/015136.html

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