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CVE-2007-2437

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2007-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The X render (Xrender) extension in X.org X Window System 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2, with Xserver 1.3.0 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via crafted values to the (1) XRenderCompositeTrapezoids and (2) XRenderAddTraps functions, which trigger a divide-by-zero error.

Affected products

• X.Org X Window System: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
• X.Org Xserver: through 1.3.0

References

• http://osvdb.org/34905
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25121
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102901-1
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200067-1
• http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0027.jsp
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23741
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017984
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1601
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1658
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33976
• http://osvdb.org/34905
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25121

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