CVE-2007-6427 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-6427?

CVE-2007-6427 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 18 Jan 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The XInput extension in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests related to byte swapping and heap corruption within multiple functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4990.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6427?

It affects 11 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2007-6427?

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-2007-6427 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6427 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6427, GHSA-r7g2-76rh-rjm8.