Buffer overflow in the compNewPixmap function in compalloc.c in the Composite extension for the X.org X11 server before 1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by copying data from a large pixel depth pixmap into a smaller pixel depth pixmap.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1372-1 New xorg-server packages fix privilege escalation
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-4711 Buffer overflow in the compNewPixmap function in compalloc.c in the Composite extension for the X.org X11 server before 1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by copying data from a large pixel depth pixmap into a smaller pixel depth pixmap.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-514-1 X.org vulnerability
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7447 cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191964 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000378.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/37726 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26743 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26755 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26763 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26823 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26859 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26897 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27147 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27179 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27228 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-16.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-394.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0187 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1372 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:178 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_54_xorg.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0898.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25606 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018665 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-514-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3098 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36535 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1728 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4730 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10430 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4730 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:08:33.355Z

Reserved: 2007-09-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-4730

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-09-11T19:17:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-4730

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2007-09-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-4730 - Bugzilla

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