Resource Management Errors Affecting xorg-server package, versions [,1.14.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.08% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XORGSERVER-2635953
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Oct 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Oct 2013

CVE-2013-4396  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xorg-server to version 1.14.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. Use-after-free vulnerability in the doImageText function in dix/dixfonts.c in the xorg-server module before 1.14.4 in X.Org X11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageText request that triggers memory-allocation failure.

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