4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2007-4730

Published: 11/09/2007 Updated: 29/09/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.1
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in the compNewPixmap function in compalloc.c in the Composite extension for the X.org X11 server prior to 1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by copying data from a large pixel depth pixmap into a smaller pixel depth pixmap.

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x.org xorg-server 1.01

x.org xorg-server 1.02

x.org xorg-server 1.1

x.org xorg-server 1.2

x.org xorg-server 1.3

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