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CVE-2018-14598
Published: Aug 24, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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).
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
USN-3758-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073
x_refsource_CONFIRM
GLSA-201811-01
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
105177
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
[oss-security] 20180821 X.Org security advisory: August 21, 2018
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
1041543
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
[debian-lts-announce] 20180829 [SECURITY] [DLA 1482-1] libx11 security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[xorg-announce] 20180821 libX11 1.6.6
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
USN-3758-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
FEDORA-2019-6a756fe3a5
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
RHSA-2019:2079
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
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