CVE-2010-4818

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4818
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-05 23:55:00 UTC
Updated2012-09-06 13:40:00 UTC
DescriptionThe GLX extension in X.Org xserver 1.7.7 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted request that triggers a client swap in glx/glxcmdsswap.c; or (2) a crafted length or (3) a negative value in the screen field in a request to glx/glxcmds.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X.org X.org 1.7.7 All All All
Application X.org X.org 1.7.7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
740954 – (CVE-2010-4818) CVE-2010-4818 X.org: multiple GLX input sanitization flaws MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Missing input sanitation in various X GLX calls MLIST www.openwall.com
xorg/xserver - X server CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org Exploit, Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Missing input sanitation in various X GLX calls MLIST www.openwall.com
xorg/xserver - X server CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org
access.redhat.com REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
xorg/xserver - X server CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org
oss-security - CVE Request: Missing input sanitation in various X GLX calls MLIST www.openwall.com
28823 – Missing input sanitation in __glXDisp_CreateContext triggers SEGV CONFIRM bugs.freedesktop.org
access.redhat.com REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
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