CVE-2008-2361

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    CVE-2008-2361

    Published: 16 Jun 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in the ProcRenderCreateCursor function in the Render extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified request fields that are used to calculate a glyph buffer size, which triggers a dereference of unmapped memory.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0502.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0504.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/30627, http://secunia.com/advisories/30629, http://secunia.com/advisories/30630, http://secunia.com/advisories/30637, http://secunia.com/advisories/30659, http://secunia.com/advisories/30664, http://secunia.com/advisories/30666, http://secunia.com/advisories/30671, http://secunia.com/advisories/30715, http://secunia.com/advisories/30772, http://secunia.com/advisories/30809, http://secunia.com/advisories/30843, http://secunia.com/advisories/31025, http://secunia.com/advisories/31109, http://secunia.com/advisories/32099, http://secunia.com/advisories/33937, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-07.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1595, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:115, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:116, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:179, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-616-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1803, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1833, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1983/references, ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/xorg/X11R7.3/patches/xorg-xserver-1.4-cve-2008-2361.diff, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29665, http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=719, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html, http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-June/036026.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00002.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1020244, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238686-1, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-249.htm, http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0201, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-07.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0503.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493548/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493550/100/0/threaded, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2607, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2619, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8978

    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