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CVE-2006-5397

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Published: Nov 3, 2006Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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2.1
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

The Xinput module (modules/im/ximcp/imLcIm.c) in X.Org libX11 1.0.2 and 1.0.3 opens a file for reading twice using the same file descriptor, which causes a file descriptor leak that allows local users to read files specified by the XCOMPOSEFILE environment variable via the duplicate file descriptor.

Affected (2)

Products: X.org: Libx11
1 product
Libx11
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
X.org
Version 1.0.2
Version 1.0.3

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