CVE-2007-6429

Impact

Multiple 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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
• http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=645
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
• http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28273
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28532
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28535
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28536
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28539
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28540
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28542
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28543
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28550
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28584
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28592
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28616
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28693
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28718
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28843