CVE-2010-4819

The ProcRenderAddGlyphs function in the Render extension (render/render.c) in X.Org xserver 1.7.7 and earlier allows local users to read arbitrary memory and possibly cause a denial of service (server crash) via unspecified vectors related to an "input sanitization flaw."

Published: 2012-09-05 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-4819 is rated Low Risk (21.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4819

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 1.10% 0.04% -1.06%
3 2023-02-13 1.10%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4819

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.6 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-4819

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-4819

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-4819 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xorg-server), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4819
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4819
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-4819 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xorg-server), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 3, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4819

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4819

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
x x.org-xserver <= 1.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:x:x.org-xserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x x.org-xserver 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:x:x.org-xserver:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x x.org-xserver 1.7.6.902 cpe:2.3:a:x:x.org-xserver:1.7.6.902:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x x.org-xserver 1.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:x:x.org-xserver:1.7.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4819

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