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CVE-2008-2362

Published: Jun 16, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2362
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
X11Xr7.3 (including)r7.3 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatxorg-x11-server-0:1.1.1-48.41.el5_2.1*
Xorg-serverUbuntudapper*
Xorg-serverUbuntudevel*
Xorg-serverUbuntufeisty*
Xorg-serverUbuntugutsy*
Xorg-serverUbuntuhardy*
Xorg-serverUbuntuupstream*

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