CVE-2018-14599

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-14599
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-08-24T19:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-03-01T17:13:21
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-193 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/193.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.6.5
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/ Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14599
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14599
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:29:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:26:46 2018-08-24T19:29Z 2018-08-24T19:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 11:26:46 2020-08-24T17:37:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 11:26:46 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-29 13:07:50 Modified Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-03-01 18:07:13 2023-03-01T17:13:21 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-03-01 18:07:13 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated