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title: "CVE-2014-8097\n | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-8097
Publication date 9 December 2014
Last updated 24 July 2024
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Ubuntu priority
**Medium**
[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )
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## Description
The DBE extension in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R6.1 and X.Org
Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allows remote
authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or
write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length or index
value to the (1) ProcDbeSwapBuffers or (2) SProcDbeSwapBuffers function.
## Status
Show unmaintained releases
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xorg-server | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.15 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| xorg-server-lts-trusty | 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2~precise3 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
## References
* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8097)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8097)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-8097)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8097)
### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
+ [USN-2436-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2436-1)
+ X.Org X server vulnerabilities
+ 9 December 2014
### Other references
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