Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libx11 package, versions <2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
6.6% (94th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBX11-339146
- published 25 Sep 2018
- disclosed 24 Aug 2018
Introduced: 24 Aug 2018
CVE-2018-14600 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04
libx11
to version 2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1 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 Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:16.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c interprets a variable as signed instead of unsigned, resulting in an out-of-bounds write (of up to 128 bytes), leading to DoS or remote code execution.