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title: "CVE-2014-8099\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-8099

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 XVideo extension in XFree86 4.0.0, X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X)
X11R6.7, 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) SProcXvQueryExtension, (2)
SProcXvQueryAdaptors, (3) SProcXvQueryEncodings, (4) SProcXvGrabPort, (5)
SProcXvUngrabPort, (6) SProcXvPutVideo, (7) SProcXvPutStill, (8)
SProcXvGetVideo, (9) SProcXvGetStill, (10) SProcXvPutImage, (11)
SProcXvShmPutImage, (12) SProcXvSelectVideoNotify, (13)
SProcXvSelectPortNotify, (14) SProcXvStopVideo, (15)
SProcXvSetPortAttribute, (16) SProcXvGetPortAttribute, (17)
SProcXvQueryBestSize, (18) SProcXvQueryPortAttributes, (19)
SProcXvQueryImageAttributes, or (20) SProcXvListImageFormats function.

## Status

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| 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-2014-8099)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8099)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-8099)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8099)

### 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

* <http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8099>