CVE-2018-14598
Published: 24 August 2018
An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through 1.6.5. A malicious server can send a reply in which the first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will be freed later on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault).
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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libx11 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(1.6.6)
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.1)
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| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1)
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1)
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Patches: Other: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/commit/e83722768fd5c467ef61fa159e8c6278770b45c2 |
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