CVE-2007-6429

Upstream information

CVE-2007-6429 at MITRE

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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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	9.3
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 345130 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 345131 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SA:2008:003, published Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:00:00 +0000
• SUSE-SR:2008:003, published Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:00:00 +0000
• SUSE-SR:2008:008, published Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:00:00 +0000
• TID7021676, published Sa 3. Mär 10:24:18 CET 2018
• TID7021823, published Sa 3. Mär 10:24:20 CET 2018

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	xorg-x11-server-sdk >= 7.4-27.105.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xorg-x11-server-sdk-7.4-27.105.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1	xorg-x11-Xvnc >= 7.4-27.19.19 xorg-x11-server >= 7.4-27.19.19 xorg-x11-server-extra >= 7.4-27.19.19	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.19.19
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2	xorg-x11-Xvnc >= 7.4-27.60.5 xorg-x11-server >= 7.4-27.60.5 xorg-x11-server-extra >= 7.4-27.60.5	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.60.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	xorg-x11-Xvnc >= 7.4-27.81.7 xorg-x11-server >= 7.4-27.81.7 xorg-x11-server-extra >= 7.4-27.81.7	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.81.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	xorg-x11-Xvnc >= 7.4-27.105.1 xorg-x11-server >= 7.4-27.105.1 xorg-x11-server-extra >= 7.4-27.105.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk >= 7.4-27.105.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.105.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xorg-x11-server-sdk-7.4-27.105.1
openSUSE Tumbleweed	xorg-x11-server >= 1.20.13-1.2 xorg-x11-server-Xvfb >= 1.20.13-1.2 xorg-x11-server-extra >= 1.20.13-1.2 xorg-x11-server-sdk >= 1.20.13-1.2 xorg-x11-server-source >= 1.20.13-1.2 xorg-x11-server-wrapper >= 1.20.13-1.2	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11525

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:46:13 2013
CVE page last modified: Sat Nov 1 19:21:52 2025