FKIE_CVE-2007-4568
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-10-05 21:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:44
Severity
Summary
Integer overflow in the build_range 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, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| x.org | x_font_server | 1.0.1 | |
| x.org | x_font_server | 1.0.2 | |
| x.org | x_font_server | 1.0.4 |
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