CVE-2007-6429

NameCVE-2007-6429
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a GetVisualInfo request containing a 32-bit value that is improperly used to calculate an amount of memory for allocation by the EVI extension, or (2) a request containing values related to pixmap size that are improperly used in management of shared memory by the MIT-SHM extension.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1466-2, DTSA-110-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xorg-server (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2:21.1.7-3+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie2:21.1.13-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xfree86sourcesarge4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge7DSA-1466-2
xorg-serversourceetch2:1.1.1-21etch3DSA-1466-2
xorg-serversourcelenny2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12lenny2DTSA-110-1
xorg-serversource(unstable)2:1.4.1~git20080105-2

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