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
- 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-189
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- x:x11
References
- ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/xorg/X11R7.3/patches/xorg-xserver-1.4-cve-2008-2362.diff
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=720
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-June/036026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00002.html