Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting xorg-server package, versions [0,1.10.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.39% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XORGSERVER-2635948
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Jun 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Jun 2008

CVE-2008-1379  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xorg-server to version 1.10.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Integer overflow in the fbShmPutImage function in the MIT-SHM extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via crafted values for a Pixmap width and height.

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