CVE-2010-1166
The fbComposite function in fbpict.c in the Render extension in the X server in X.Org X11R7.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request,…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The fbComposite function in fbpict.c in the Render extension in the X server in X.Org X11R7.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request, related to an incorrect macro definition.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.1 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.35% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- x/x.org
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 5.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=d2f813f7dbExploit, Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39650Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39834
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023929
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-939-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1185
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495733
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582601
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10112
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0382.html
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=d2f813f7dbExploit, Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39650Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39834
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023929
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-939-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1185
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495733
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582601
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10112
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0382.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.