CVE-2007-6429

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6429
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-01-18 23:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 21:53:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a GetVisualInfo request containing a 32-bit value that is improperly used to calculate an amount of memory for allocation by the EVI extension, or (2) a request containing values related to pixmap size that are improperly used in management of shared memory by the MIT-SHM extension.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189 | CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X.org Evi All All All All
Application X.org Evi All All All All
Application X.org Mit-shm All All All All
Application X.org Mit-shm All All All All
Application X.org Xserver All All All All

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