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cve[email protected]CVE-2018-14598
HistoryAug 24, 2018 - 7:29 p.m.

CVE-2018-14598

2018-08-2419:29:01
CWE-20
web.nvd.nist.gov
139
xlistextensions
libx11
dos
segmentation fault
cve-2018-14598
nvd

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

8.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.01 Low

EPSS

Percentile

83.7%

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).

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
x.orglibx11Range1.6.5
Node
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch12.04esm
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch16.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch18.04lts
OR
debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0
Node
fedoraprojectfedoraMatch28
CPENameOperatorVersion
x.org:libx11x.org libx11le1.6.5

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

8.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.01 Low

EPSS

Percentile

83.7%