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CVE-2007-6429

Published: Jan 18, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-189
9.3CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.5%
Top 17.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple integer overflows in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a GetVisualInfo request containing a 32-bit value that is improperly used to calculate an amount of memory for allocation by the EVI extension, or (2) a request containing values related to pixmap size that are improperly used in management of shared memory by the MIT-SHM extension.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-189CWE-362

Affected Products

n/an/a
evix.org
On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
mit-shmx.org
On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
xserverx.org
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
x.orgoss-projectUSOperating Systems
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28542
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29139
secunia.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336
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Timeline

Published
Jan 18, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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