CVE-2018-14600

An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c interprets a variable as signed instead of unsigned, resulting in an out-of-bounds write (of up to 128 bytes), leading to DoS or remote code execution.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2018-08-24 19:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44


NVD link : CVE-2018-14600

Mitre link : CVE-2018-14600

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-14600


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

x.org

  • libx11
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write