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xorg-server — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6429

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.

Products
xorg-server
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2:1.4.1~git20080105-2
CVEs
CVE-2007-6429
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 15:44 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6429

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Jan 2008, 23:00 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6429

xorg-server

Fixed versions: 2:1.4.1~git20080105-2

xorg-server

Fixed versions: 2:1.4.1~git20080105-2

xorg-server

Fixed versions: 2:1.4.1~git20080105-2

Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-21T17:47:33.294261889Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 398282,
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