CVE-2018-14600
N/A
Published: August 24, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:41 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLIBX11
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102068x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=dbf72805fd9d7b1846fe9a11b46f3994bfc27feaMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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