CVE-2008-2360

Description

Integer overflow in the AllocateGlyph function in the Render extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified request fields that are used to calculate a heap buffer size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

How to fix CVE-2008-2360

To remediate CVE-2008-2360, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/xorg-server—upgrade to 2:1.4.1~git20080517-2 or later

Is CVE-2008-2360 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2:1.4.1~git20080517-2

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2360