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CVE-2018-14599

An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.2%
percentile 91%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.21% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.19.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • usn.ubuntu.com /3758-2/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.suse.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1102062 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • cgit.freedesktop.org /xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201811-01 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/105177 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1041543 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.x.org /archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3758-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2019:2079 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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