CVE-2008-2360 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow in X11

CWE-189CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow8 documents8 sources
Severity
9.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
1.9%
top 16.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
X.org Xorg-serverX X11
Timeline
PublishedJun 16
Latest updateMay 3

Description

Integer overflow in the AllocateGlyph function in the Render extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified request fields that are used to calculate a heap buffer size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.0 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianx.org/xorg-server< 2:1.4.1~git20080517-2+3
▶NVDx/x11r7.3

Patches

Patch: ftp.freedesktop.org ↗Patch: lists.freedesktop.org ↗Patch: lists.opensuse.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-655r-4xf7-h526: Integer overflow in the AllocateGlyph function in the Render extension in the X server 1↗2022-05-03
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CVEList
CVE-2008-2360: Integer overflow in the AllocateGlyph function in the Render extension in the X server 1↗2008-06-16
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OSV
CVE-2008-2360: Integer overflow in the AllocateGlyph function in the Render extension in the X server 1↗2008-06-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
X.org vulnerabilities↗2008-06-13
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Red Hat
X.org Render extension AllocateGlyph() heap buffer overflow↗2008-06-11
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Debian
CVE-2008-2360: xorg-server - Integer overflow in the AllocateGlyph function in the Render extension in the X ...↗2008
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-2360 X.org Render extension AllocateGlyph() heap buffer overflow↗2008-05-28
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