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CVE-2014-8091

Published: Dec 10, 2014 | Modified: Aug 29, 2025
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
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8091
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
X_serverX.org*1.16.2 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatxorg-x11-server-0:1.1.1-48.107.el5_11*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatxorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-25.el6_6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatxorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-7.el7_0.3*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304Ubuntudevel*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304Ubuntuprecise*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304Ubuntutrusty*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304Ubuntuupstream*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304Ubuntuutopic*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updatesUbuntudevel*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updatesUbuntuprecise*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updatesUbuntutrusty*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updatesUbuntuupstream*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updatesUbuntuutopic*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331Ubuntudevel*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331Ubuntuprecise*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331Ubuntutrusty*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331Ubuntuupstream*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331Ubuntuutopic*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updatesUbuntudevel*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updatesUbuntuprecise*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updatesUbuntutrusty*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updatesUbuntuupstream*
Nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updatesUbuntuutopic*
Xorg-serverUbuntudevel*
Xorg-serverUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Xorg-serverUbuntulucid*
Xorg-serverUbuntuprecise*
Xorg-serverUbuntutrusty*
Xorg-serverUbuntutrusty/esm*
Xorg-serverUbuntuupstream*
Xorg-serverUbuntuutopic*
Xorg-server-lts-trustyUbuntuprecise*

References

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