CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-4568

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2007-10-05 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-10-05
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the build_range function in X.Org X Font Server (xfs) before 1.0.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) QueryXBitmaps and (2) QueryXExtents protocol requests with crafted size values, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected configurations

• x.org x font server 1.0.1 • x.org x font server 1.0.2 • x.org x font server 1.0.4

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References