37726 : X.org X11 compalloc.c compNewPixmap Function Composite Pixmap Handling Local Overflow
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Disclosure

Sep 06, 2007

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Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : 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.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

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Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-09-12 | Disagree?

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