The (1) SProcRecordCreateContext and (2) SProcRecordRegisterClients functions in the Record extension and the (3)…

Description

The (1) SProcRecordCreateContext and (2) SProcRecordRegisterClients functions in the Record extension and the (3) SProcSecurityGenerateAuthorization function in the Security extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests with crafted length values that specify an arbitrary number of bytes to be swapped on the heap, which triggers heap corruption.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (48)

• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2607 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30629 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20080611 Multiple Vendor X Server Record and Security Extensions Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10109 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 238686 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 33937 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30664 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:115 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 20080621 rPSA-2008-0201-1 xorg-x11 xorg-x11-fonts xorg-x11-tools xorg-x11-xfs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 31025 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0502 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SSRT080083 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-02-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1833 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0201 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-200806-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 30715 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30666 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30627 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30637 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:116 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1803 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-249.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 30772 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1020247 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0503 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 30628 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30659 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31109 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1983 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 30671 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30809 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-3000 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [xorg] 20080611 X.Org security advisory june 2008 - Multiple vulnerabilities in X server extensions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 32545 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30843 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1595 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• USN-616-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 32099 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2619 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0512 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20080620 rPSA-2008-0200-1 xorg-server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 30630 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200807-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:17 UTC.