CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-8091

Published: Dec 10, 2014 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.3 MODERATE
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xorg-server X.org * 1.16.2 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat xorg-x11-server-0:1.1.1-48.107.el5_11 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-25.el6_6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-7.el7_0.3 *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu precise *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu trusty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 Ubuntu utopic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates Ubuntu precise *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates Ubuntu trusty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates Ubuntu utopic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 Ubuntu precise *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 Ubuntu trusty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 Ubuntu utopic *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates Ubuntu devel *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates Ubuntu precise *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates Ubuntu trusty *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates Ubuntu upstream *
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates Ubuntu utopic *
Xorg-server Ubuntu devel *
Xorg-server Ubuntu lucid *
Xorg-server Ubuntu precise *
Xorg-server Ubuntu trusty *
Xorg-server Ubuntu upstream *
Xorg-server Ubuntu utopic *
Xorg-server-lts-trusty Ubuntu precise *

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