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CVE-2007-6429 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362	CVE
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562	CVE
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321	CVE
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=645	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html	CVE
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html	CVE	Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28273	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28532	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28535	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28536	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28539	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28540	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28542	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28543	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28550	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28584	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28592	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28616	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28693	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28718	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28843	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28885	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28941	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29139	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29707	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32545	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39763	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39764	CVE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11045	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103200-1	CVE	Patch
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-200153-1	CVE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-039.htm	CVE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-078.htm	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html	CVE
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile112539&label=AIX%20X%20server%20multiple%20vulnerabilities	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1466	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:023	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:025	CVE
http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg	CVE
http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0031.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336	CVE	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27350	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27353	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000	CVE
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362	[email protected]
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562	[email protected]
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321	[email protected]
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=645	[email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html	[email protected]
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28273	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28532	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28535	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28536	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28539	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28540	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28542	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28543	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28550	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28584	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28592	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28616	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28693	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28718	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28843	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28885	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28941	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29139	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29707	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32545	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39763	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39764	[email protected]
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11045	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103200-1	[email protected]	Patch
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-200153-1	[email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-039.htm	[email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-078.htm	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html	[email protected]
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile112539&label=AIX%20X%20server%20multiple%20vulnerabilities	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1466	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:023	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:025	[email protected]
http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg	[email protected]
http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0031.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27350	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27353	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000	[email protected]

see all 138 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]
CWE-362	Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
x.org evi	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:x.org:evi:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
x.org mit-shm	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:x.org:mit-shm:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
x.org xserver	<= 1.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xserver:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2007-6429 Details

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