vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-14598): libx11 vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 21, 2018 | Sep 13, 2018 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 21, 2018
Added
Sep 13, 2018
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
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).
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libx11-6ubuntu-upgrade-libx11-dev
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