Out-of-Bounds Affecting xorg-server package, versions <2:1.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-XORGSERVER-1564577
  • published11 Sept 2007
  • disclosed11 Sept 2007

Introduced: 11 Sep 2007

CVE-2007-4730  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 xorg-server to version 2:1.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-server package and not the xorg-server package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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