CVE-2010-4819

low

Published 2012-09-05 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.6

Description

The ProcRenderAddGlyphs function in the Render extension (render/render.c) in X.Org xserver 1.7.7 and earlier allows local users to read arbitrary memory and possibly cause a denial of service (server crash) via unspecified vectors related to an "input sanitization flaw."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2:1.9.0.901-1`
sid	Fixed	`2:1.9.0.901-1`
forky	Fixed	`2:1.9.0.901-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2:1.9.0.901-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2:1.9.0.901-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
x	x.org-xserver	`{"endIncluding":"1.7.7"}`
x	x.org-xserver	`1.7`
x	x.org-xserver	`1.7.6.902`
x	x.org-xserver	`1.7.7`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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