The swap_char2b function in X.Org X Font Server (xfs) before 1.0.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) QueryXBitmaps and (2) QueryXExtents protocol requests with crafted size values that specify an arbitrary number of bytes to be swapped on the heap, which triggers heap corruption.
References
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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12299 cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194606 cve-icon cve-icon
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 cve-icon cve-icon
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01323725 cve-icon cve-icon
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=602 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-October/000416.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27040 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27052 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27060 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27176 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27228 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27240 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27560 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28004 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28514 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28536 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28542 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-11.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103114-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200642-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:210 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-2008-0029.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481432/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25898 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018763 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3337 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3338 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3467 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0149 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36920 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1756 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4990 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11599 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4990 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00352.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-05T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:17:27.847Z

Reserved: 2007-09-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-4990

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-10-05T21:17:00.000

Modified: 2018-10-15T21:39:27.473

Link: CVE-2007-4990

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2007-10-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-4990 - Bugzilla