Improper Input Validation Affecting libx11 package, versions <2:1.6.4-3+deb9u1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.11% (85th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBX11-339117
- published 25 Sep 2018
- disclosed 24 Aug 2018
Introduced: 24 Aug 2018
CVE-2018-14598 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
libx11
to version 2:1.6.4-3+deb9u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libx11
package and not the libx11
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
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).