CVE-2007-4730

Published Sep 11, 2007

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
Buffer overflow in the compNewPixmap function in compalloc.c in the Composite extension for the X.org X11 server before 1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by copying data from a large pixel depth pixmap into a smaller pixel depth pixmap.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
3.1
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-119

Social media

Hype score
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Vendor comments

  • Red HatThis flaw was fixed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 in RHSA-2007-0898: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0898.html Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not affected by this flaw. More information can be found here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285991 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3 do not support the composite extension and are not vulnerable to this flaw.

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