CVE-2008-1379

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the fbShmPutImage function in the MIT-SHM extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via crafted values for a Pixmap width and height.

Affected products

X11: r7.3

References

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=722
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-June/036026.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0502.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0504.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0512.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30627
http://secunia.com/advisories/30628

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