CVE-2018-14598
moderate-risk
Published 2018-08-24
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).
Do I need to act?
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3.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (7)
Affected Vendors
References (24)
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html
and 4 more references
46
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
6/34 · Minimal
Exposure
14/34 · Moderate