CVE-2010-1166

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-04-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

The fbComposite function in fbpict.c in the Render extension in the X server in X.Org X11R7.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request, related to an incorrect macro definition.

Affected products

X.Org: 7.1

References

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=d2f813f7db
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39650
http://secunia.com/advisories/39834
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023929
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-939-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1185
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495733
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582601
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10112
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0382.html
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=d2f813f7db

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