CVE-2007-4730

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    CVE-2007-4730

    Published: 11 Sept 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/26743, http://secunia.com/advisories/26755, http://secunia.com/advisories/26763, http://secunia.com/advisories/26823, http://secunia.com/advisories/26859, http://secunia.com/advisories/26897, http://secunia.com/advisories/27147, http://secunia.com/advisories/27179, http://secunia.com/advisories/27228, http://secunia.com/advisories/30161, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-16.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:178, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_54_xorg.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-514-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3098, http://secunia.com/advisories/26743, http://secunia.com/advisories/26755, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1372, http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7447, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191964, http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000378.html, http://osvdb.org/37726, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-394.htm, http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0187, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0898.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25606, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018665, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36535, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1728, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10430

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High