CVE-2007-5760

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-01-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Array index error in the XFree86-Misc extension in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PassMessage request containing a large array index.

Affected products

X.Org Xserver: through 1.4
Xfree86 Project Xfree86-Misc: all versions

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=646
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28273
http://secunia.com/advisories/28532
http://secunia.com/advisories/28535
http://secunia.com/advisories/28536
http://secunia.com/advisories/28539
http://secunia.com/advisories/28540
http://secunia.com/advisories/28543
http://secunia.com/advisories/28550

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