xorg-server — security advisory
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.
- Products
- xorg-server
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2:1.4.1~git20080517-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-2362
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2362
xorg-server
Fixed versions: 2:1.4.1~git20080517-2
xorg-server
Fixed versions: 2:1.4.1~git20080517-2
xorg-server
Fixed versions: 2:1.4.1~git20080517-2
Complete source record
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