CVE-2014-8091 Affecting xorg-server package, versions <2:1.16.2.901-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.54% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-XORGSERVER-1564171
  • published10 Dec 2014
  • disclosed10 Dec 2014

Introduced: 10 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-8091  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 xorg-server to version 2:1.16.2.901-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-server package and not the xorg-server package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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