CVE-2008-2361

Description

Integer overflow in the ProcRenderCreateCursor function in the Render extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified request fields that are used to calculate a glyph buffer size, which triggers a dereference of unmapped memory.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.48% Top 20%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2607
http://secunia.com/advisories/30629 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238686-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30664 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:115 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493550/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/31025 third party advisory
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=719 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0502.html vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1833 vdb entry
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0201
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-07.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30715 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30666 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30627 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8978 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/30637 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:116 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1803 vdb entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-249.htm
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30772 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29665 vdb entry patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0503.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30659 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31109 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1983/references vdb entry
ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/xorg/X11R7.3/patches/xorg-xserver-1.4-cve-2008-2361.diff patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/30671 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30809 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:179 vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020244 vdb entry
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-June/036026.html mailing list
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0504.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30843 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1595 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-616-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32099 third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2619
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493548/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/30630 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-07.xml vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2361?
CVE-2008-2361 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2361?
To fix CVE-2008-2361, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-2361 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2361 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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