CVE-2014-8091
N/A
Published: December 10, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorX serverX11
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
X.Org X Window System (aka X11 and X) X11R5 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3, when using SUN-DES-1 (Secure RPC) authentication credentials, does not check the return value of a malloc call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) via a crafted connection request.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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