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title: "CVE-2014-8103\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-8103

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

X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) 1.15.0 through 1.16.x 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) sproc\_dri3\_query\_version, (2)
sproc\_dri3\_open, (3) sproc\_dri3\_pixmap\_from\_buffer, (4)
sproc\_dri3\_buffer\_from\_pixmap, (5) sproc\_dri3\_fence\_from\_fd, (6)
sproc\_dri3\_fd\_from\_fence, (7) proc\_present\_query\_capabilities, (8)
sproc\_present\_query\_version, (9) sproc\_present\_pixmap, (10)
sproc\_present\_notify\_msc, (11) sproc\_present\_select\_input, or (12)
sproc\_present\_query\_capabilities function in the (a) DRI3 or (b) Present
extension.

## 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-2014-8103)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8103)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-8103)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8103)

### 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-2014-8103>