CVE-2007-2437: The 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…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 2.0

AVAACLAuSCNINAC

EXPLOIT

EPSS

4.40%

90.3th percentile

The 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.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	xorg-server	< xorg-server 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-4 (bookworm)	xorg-server 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-4 (bookworm)
x.org	x_window_system	—	—
x.org	x_window_system	—	—
x.org	x_window_system	—	—
x.org	xorg-server	>= 0 < 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-4	2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-4
x.org	xorg-server	>= 0 < 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-4	2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-4
x.org	xorg-server	>= 0 < 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-4	2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-4
x.org	xorg-server	>= 0 < 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-4	2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-4
x.org	xserver	<= 1.3.0	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.5MEDIUMAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

osv5.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.5LOW

vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM

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