CVE-2008-2362
Multiple integer overflows in the Render extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) SProcRenderCreateLinearGradient, (2) SProcRenderCreateRadialGradient, or (3) SProcRenderCreateConicalGradient request with an invalid field specifying the number of bytes to swap in the request data, which triggers heap memory corruption.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 3.6% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2358)
- 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-2008-2358 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-2008-2362.diff(Patch)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=720
- 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
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0504.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30627(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/33937
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-07.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020245
- 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
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-07.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:116
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:179
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493548/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493550/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29670(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-616-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1803
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1833
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1983/references
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2607
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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