Bug 5476 – emacs dumps core due to buffer overflow in Xlib

Bug 5476 - emacs dumps core due to buffer overflow in Xlib

Summary:	emacs dumps core due to buffer overflow in Xlib

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	XFree86 (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Preston Brown
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Reported:	1999-10-02 20:26 EDT by Thomas Quinn
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2000-01-24 16:55:54 EST
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Description Thomas Quinn 1999-10-02 20:26:52 EDT

If emacs loses its connection to the X server, either by
shutting down the server or giving the emacs window a
"XKillClient", it will dump core.  This occurs because emacs
tries to clean up, but ends up overflowing the communication
buffer to the X server.  I will submit a sample patch.

Comment 1 Preston Brown 2000-01-24 16:55:59 EST

patch added for next release.

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