CVE-2007-4990 (GCVE-0-2007-4990)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-05 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:17
VLAI?
Summary
The swap_char2b function in X.Org X Font Server (xfs) before 1.0.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) QueryXBitmaps and (2) QueryXExtents protocol requests with crafted size values that specify an arbitrary number of bytes to be swapped on the heap, which triggers heap corruption.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018763 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/28542 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481432/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12299 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/28514 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/27052 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27060 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announ… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-00… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/28004 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/27240 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1756 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/27040 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27176 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/27228 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3467 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-00… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0149 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25898 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194606 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3338 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/27560 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3337 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
http://secunia.com/advisories/28536 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.