Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in the way the X.Org server calculated memory requirements for certain GLX extension requests. A malicious, authenticated client could use either of these flaws to crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | xorg-x11-server | 2015-01-15 14:49 | ALAS-2015-470 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 7.4 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |