CVE-2007-4730

CVE-2007-4730 affects X.Org X11 server’s Composite extension. The vulnerability is a buffer overflow in compNewPixmap within compalloc.c when copying data from a large depth pixmap to a smaller one, enabling a local attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code with the X server’s privileges. Co...

CVE-2015-3164

The CVE-2015-3164 issue affects XWayland 1.16.x and 1.17.x prior to 1.17.2, where the authentication setup starts the XWayland server in non-authenticating mode. This allows local attackers with access to the server’s UNIX socket to read from or send information to arbitrary X11 clients. Impact i...

CVE-2006-4447

Summary: CVE-2006-4447 affects X.Org and XFree86 components (libX11, xdm, xf86dga, xinit, xload, xtrans, xterm) where setuid/seteuid return values are not checked when dropping privileges. This may enable local privilege escalation if those calls fail (e.g., due to ulimit). What is affected: X.Or...