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.
Published: 2018-08-24
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1482-1 libx11 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-6506 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3758-1 libx11 vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3758-2 libx11 vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Workstation
X.org Libx11
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:29:51.671Z

Reserved: 2018-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14599

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-24T19:29:01.457

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:49:23.023

Link: CVE-2018-14599

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-14599 - Bugzilla

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