ubuntu · CVE-2008-1379

Quick triage

View at Official ubuntu advisory, NVD, CVE.org · CVE detail

Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2008-1379 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xorg-server), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): released 5.

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.