Description
Multiple integer overflows in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R1 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to the (1) ProcPutImage, (2) GetHosts, (3) RegionSizeof, or (4) REQUEST_FIXED_SIZE function, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.
Published: 2014-12-10
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-120-1 xorg-server security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-120-2 xorg-server regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3095-1 xorg-server security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-7939 Multiple integer overflows in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R1 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to the (1) ProcPutImage, (2) GetHosts, (3) RegionSizeof, or (4) REQUEST_FIXED_SIZE function, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2436-1 X.Org X server vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared X.org x Server
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org xorg-server
X.org x Server

Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux
X.org X11 X Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:10:50.212Z

Reserved: 2014-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8092

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-10T15:59:04.847

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-8092

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-8092 - Bugzilla

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