Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 16, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2361
CVE-2008-2361
Description
Integer overflow in the ProcRenderCreateCursor function in the Render extension in the X server 1.4 in X.Org X11R7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified request fields that are used to calculate a glyph buffer size, which triggers a dereference of unmapped memory.
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References
46- ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/xorg/X11R7.3/patches/xorg-xserver-1.4-cve-2008-2361.diffnvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29665nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/30627nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30629nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30630nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30637nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30659nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30664nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30666nvdVendor Advisory
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.phpnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlnvd
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-June/036026.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00002.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0502.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0504.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30671nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30715nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30772nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30809nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30843nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31025nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31109nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32099nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/33937nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-07.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3438nvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-249.htmnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0201nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1595nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-07.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0503.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493548/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493550/100/0/threadednvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-616-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1803nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1833nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1983/referencesnvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2607nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2619nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8978nvd
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