CVE-2018-14598
At a glance
- Severity
- Not available
- EPSS
- EPSS 4.23 % · percentile 91 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
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).
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-6505
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2018-14598
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-267 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Junos Space · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 1.6.5cpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=e83722768fd5c467ef61fa159e8c6278770b45c2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
- 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |