CVE-2018-14600 | BDVDB-2026-106142 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102068
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=dbf72805fd9d7b1846fe9a11b46f3994bfc27fea
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.