CVE-2007-4730 Memory corruption in n/a
Medium 4.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-4730 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2007-4730 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Sep 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4730 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4730/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4730/index.md)
Local attackers can execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow in the X.org X11 server's Composite extension, potentially escalating privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-4730?
CVE-2007-4730 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Sep 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the compNewPixmap function in compalloc.c in the Composite extension for the X.org X11 server before 1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by copying data from a large pixel depth pixmap into a smaller pixel depth pixmap.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4730?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
xorg-x11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Xdmx Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Xnest Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Xvfb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-font-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-sdk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-twm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-xauth Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-xdm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-xfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Xdmx Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Xnest Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Xvfb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-font-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-sdk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-twm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-xauth Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-xdm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-xfs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
xorg-x11-Xdmx Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:6.8.2-1.EL.31 |
Products include X.org Xorg-Server.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4730?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2007-4730 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4730 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4730, DSA-1372-1, DTSA-73-1, GHSA-737c-wj7m-pqqr, RHSA-2007:0898.