Vulnerability in X X11

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.

EPSS: 0.036 (88.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • X X11 — versions r7.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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