CVE-2010-4818
HIGH · CVSS 8.5EPSS 5.3%EU EUVD
The GLX extension in X.Org xserver 1.7.7 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted request that triggers a client swap in glx/glxcmdsswap.c; or (2) a crafted length or (3) a negative value in the screen field in a request to glx/glxcmds.c.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 5.3% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4783)
- Published
- September 5, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4783 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- x.org / x.org
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit?id=3f0d3f4d97bce75c1828635c322b6560a45a037f
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit?id=6c69235a9dfc52e4b4e47630ff4bab1a820eb543
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit?id=ec9c97c6bf70b523bc500bd3adf62176f1bb33a4(Exploit, Patch)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1359.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1360.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/22/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/23/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/23/6
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28823
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740954
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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