CVE-2007-6429

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2008-01-17
CWE:
CWE-190
Bugzilla:
413721: CVE-2007-6429 xorg / xfree86: integer overflow in EVI extension

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2007-6429 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (XFree86) RHSA-2008:0029 2008-01-18
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (xorg-x11-server) RHSA-2008:0031 2008-01-17
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (xorg-x11) RHSA-2008:0030 2008-01-17
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (XFree86) RHSA-2008:0029 2008-01-18

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