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XserverApplication · X.org

CVE-2007-5760

HIGH · 9.3 CVSS v2.0 Published 2008-01-18
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 1.4 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
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.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
XserverApplication
Affected:<= 1.4
Xfree86 MiscApplication
Affected:all versions

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 1.4
Vendor patch lists.freedesktop.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

X.Org Xserver 1.4.1 or later

  1. 1. Identify the current X.org Xserver version installed on the system using: `Xorg -version` or `xdpyinfo | grep "X.Org"`
  2. 2. If the installed version is 1.4 or earlier, upgrade to Xserver version 1.4.1 or later
  3. 3. For systems using package managers: on Debian/Ubuntu run `apt-get update && apt-get upgrade xserver-xorg-core`, on Red Hat/CentOS run `yum update xorg-x11-server-Xorg`, on Gentoo run `emerge --sync && emerge -av x11-base/xorg-server`
  4. 4. After upgrading, restart the X server (log out and log back in, or reboot the system)
  5. 5. Verify the new version is installed: `Xorg -version`
Caveat Upgrading from such an old Xserver version (1.4 or earlier, from 2007-2008 era) may introduce compatibility changes with older display drivers or X applications; test in a non-production environment first

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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