Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libxcb-sync1 package, versions <1.13-3.5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-LIBXCBSYNC1-2705754
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed4 Aug 2020

Introduced: 4 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-14344  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 libxcb-sync1 to version 1.13-3.5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxcb-sync1 package and not the libxcb-sync1 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in The X Input Method (XIM) client was implemented in libX11 before version 1.6.10. As per upstream this is security relevant when setuid programs call XIM client functions while running with elevated privileges. No such programs are shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1