CVE-2008-2360

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2008-06-11
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
448783: CVE-2008-2360 X.org Render extension AllocateGlyph() heap buffer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer overflow in the AllocateGlyph function in the Render extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified request fields that are used to calculate a heap buffer size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Find out more about CVE-2008-2360 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (xorg-x11) RHSA-2008:0503 2008-06-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (xorg-x11-server) RHSA-2008:0504 2008-06-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (XFree86) RHSA-2008:0512 2008-06-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (XFree86) RHSA-2008:0502 2008-06-11

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