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CVE-2008-1379 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the fbShmPutImage function in the MIT-SHM extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via crafted values for a Pixmap width and height.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/xorg/X11R7.3/patches/xorg-xserver-1.4-cve-2008-1379.diff CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=722 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-June/036026.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0502.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0504.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0512.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30627 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30628 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30629 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30630 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30637 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30659 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30664 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30666 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30671 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30715 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30772 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30809 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30843 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31025 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31109 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32099 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32545 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-07.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020246 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238686-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-249.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0201 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1595 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-07.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:115 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:116 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:179 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0503.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493548/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493550/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29669 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-616-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1803 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1833 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1983/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43016 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2607 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2619 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8966 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1379
NVD Published Date:
06/16/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.