CVE-2007-2437

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-2437
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-05-02 10:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe X render (Xrender) extension in X.org X Window System 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2, with Xserver 1.3.0 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via crafted values to the (1) XRenderCompositeTrapezoids and (2) XRenderAddTraps functions, which trigger a divide-by-zero error.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X.org Xserver All All All All
Application X.org X Window System 7.0 All All All
Application X.org X Window System 7.1 All All All
Application X.org X Window System 7.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - X Divide By Zero Error in Xrender Extension Lets Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Patch
X.Org X Window System Xserver XRender Extension Divide by Zero Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Solaris Xorg X Render Extension Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
osvdb.org/34905 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
#102901: Xorg(1) Contains a Denial of Service Within the X Render Extension's Trapezoid Rendering af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Rapid7 Security Advisory R7-0027: Denial-of-Service in the Xrender Extension's Trapezoid Drawing Routines af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.rapid7.com Patch
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-05-25Joshua BressersRed Hat does not consider a user assisted client crash such as this to be a security flaw.
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