Buffer overflow in X.org Xorg-Server
CVE-2007-4730
Buffer overflow in the compNewPixmap function in compalloc.c in the Composite extension for the X.org X11 server before 1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by copying data from a large pixel depth pixmap into a smaller pixel depth pixmap.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (43.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- X.org Xorg-Server — versions 1.01, 1.1, 1.02
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_54_xorg.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000378.html (mailing-list)
- osvdb.org/37726 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/26823 (third-party-advisory)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1728
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-16.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26859 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27147 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0898.html (vendor-advisory)