CVE-2008-2360

CVE Details

Release Date:2008-06-16

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.

See more information about CVE-2008-2360 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 9 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: Requires single instance Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (xorg-x11)ELSA-2008-05032008-06-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (xorg-x11-server)ELSA-2008-05042008-06-11



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