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CVE-2020-14344

Published: Aug 5, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.7

MEDIUM

Description

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in The X Input Method (XIM) client was implemented in libX11 before version 1.6.10. As per upstream this is security relevant when setuid programs call XIM client functions while running with elevated privileges. No such programs are shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

VendorProductVersions

The X11 Project

libX11

affected
1.6.10

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

openSUSE-SU-2020:1162
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2020:1164
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2020:1182
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2020:1198
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
FEDORA-2020-eba554b9d5
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
GLSA-202008-18
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
USN-4487-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
FEDORA-2020-9a0b272cc1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
USN-4487-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
FEDORA-2020-cf0afbd27e
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA

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