CVE-2007-6429
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6395)
- Published
- January 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6395 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- x.org / evi
- x.org / mit-shm
- x.org / xserver
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=645
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28273
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28535
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28536
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28539
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28540
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28542
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28543
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28550
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28584
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28592
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28693
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28718
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28885
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29139
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29707
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32545
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103200-1(Patch)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-200153-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-039.htm
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-078.htm
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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