CVE-2008-2362

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    CVE-2008-2362

    Published: 16 Jun 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in the Render extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) SProcRenderCreateLinearGradient, (2) SProcRenderCreateRadialGradient, or (3) SProcRenderCreateConicalGradient request with an invalid field specifying the number of bytes to swap in the request data, which triggers heap memory corruption.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0504.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/30627, 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-2008:116, 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-2008-2362.diff, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29670, http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=720, 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?1020245, 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.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%3A11246

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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