CVE-2018-14599critical
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.
References
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-08-24
Updated: 2023-03-01
Type: CWE-193
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Impact Score: 6.4
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: CRITICAL