VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-5760
Array index error in the XFree86-Misc extension in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PassMessage request containing a large array index.
HIGH 9.3EPSS 3.29%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Array index error in the XFree86-Misc extension in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PassMessage request containing a large array index.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.29% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- x.org/xserver · xfree86 project/xfree86-misc
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=646
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.htmlPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28273
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28535
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28536
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28539
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28540
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28543
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28550
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28584
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28592
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28693
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28718
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28885
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29707
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103200-1Patch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-200153-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-039.htm
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-078.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1466
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.