CVE-2008-1377
The (1) SProcRecordCreateContext and (2) SProcRecordRegisterClients functions in the Record extension and the (3) SProcSecurityGenerateAuthorization function in the Security extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests with crafted length values that specify an arbitrary number of bytes to be swapped on the heap, which triggers heap corruption.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1384)
- Published
- June 16, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1384 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- x / x11
References
- ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/xorg/X11R7.3/patches/xorg-xserver-1.4-cve-2008-1377.diff
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=721
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-June/036026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00002.html(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0502.html(Patch)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0504.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0512.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30627(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30628(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30629(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30630(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30637(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30659(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30664(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30666(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30671
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30715
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30772
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30809
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31025
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31109
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32099
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32545
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-07.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020247
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238686-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-249.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0201
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1595(Patch)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-07.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:115
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:116
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0503.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493548/100/0/threaded
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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