Off-by-one Error Affecting libx11 package, versions <2:1.6.4-3+deb9u1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.29% (86th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBX11-339150
- published 25 Sep 2018
- disclosed 24 Aug 2018
Introduced: 24 Aug 2018
CVE-2018-14599 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 libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact.