CVE-2010-4818

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    CVE-2010-4818

    Published: 5 Sept 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The GLX extension in X.Org xserver 1.7.7 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted request that triggers a client swap in glx/glxcmdsswap.c; or (2) a crafted length or (3) a negative value in the screen field in a request to glx/glxcmds.c.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1359.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1360.html, http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit?id=ec9c97c6bf70b523bc500bd3adf62176f1bb33a4, http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit?id=ec9c97c6bf70b523bc500bd3adf62176f1bb33a4, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740954, http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit?id=3f0d3f4d97bce75c1828635c322b6560a45a037f, http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit?id=6c69235a9dfc52e4b4e47630ff4bab1a820eb543, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/22/7, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/23/4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/23/6, https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28823

    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
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