CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-14598

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).

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=e83722768fd5c467ef61fa159e8c6278770b45c2 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/ Mailing List Release Notes
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-08-24 07:29

Updated : 2019-08-06 05:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-14598

Mitre link : CVE-2018-14598

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-20