CVE-2007-6429

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    CVE-2007-6429

    Published: 18 Jan 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/28273, http://secunia.com/advisories/28532, http://secunia.com/advisories/28535, http://secunia.com/advisories/28536, http://secunia.com/advisories/28539, http://secunia.com/advisories/28540, http://secunia.com/advisories/28542, http://secunia.com/advisories/28543, http://secunia.com/advisories/28550, http://secunia.com/advisories/28584, http://secunia.com/advisories/28592, http://secunia.com/advisories/28616, http://secunia.com/advisories/28693, http://secunia.com/advisories/28718, http://secunia.com/advisories/28838, http://secunia.com/advisories/28843, http://secunia.com/advisories/28885, http://secunia.com/advisories/28941, http://secunia.com/advisories/29139, http://secunia.com/advisories/29420, http://secunia.com/advisories/29622, http://secunia.com/advisories/29707, http://secunia.com/advisories/30161, http://secunia.com/advisories/32545, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1466, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:023, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:025, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000, http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103200-1, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562, http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321, http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=645, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-200153-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-039.htm, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-078.htm, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml, http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg, http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0031.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27350, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27353, http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile112539&label=AIX%20X%20server%20multiple%20vulnerabilities, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39763, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39764, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11045, https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html

    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