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CVE-2018-14599

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score0.1150%
EPSS Percentile42.60th
PublishedAug 24, 2018
Last ModifiedNov 21, 2024

Vulnerability Description

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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦
X.org

Libx11

<= 1.6.5
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Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 12.04
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Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 14.04
💻
Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 16.04
💻
Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 18.04
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Debian

Debian Linux

= 8.0
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Fedoraproject

Fedora

= 28
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux Desktop

= 7.0
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux Server

= 7.0
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux Workstation

= 7.0

References & Advisories

🔗 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
🔗 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
🔗 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
🔗 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062
🔗 https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0
🔗 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html
🔗 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/

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