CVE-2007-6427
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · Out-of-bounds write
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
The XInput extension in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests related to byte swapping and heap corruption within multiple functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4990.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362Patch
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=643
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.htmlAdvisory