6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-8096
X.Org X Window System XPathXIDList Denial of Service/Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

The SProcXCMiscGetXIDList function in the XC-MISC extension in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R6.0 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length or index value.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 10, 2014, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 12:42 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-8096 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 X.org xorg-server
2 X.org x11
1 Debian debian_linux
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-8096.

URL Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0532.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61947
http://secunia.com/advisories/62292 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119 Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71598
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/ Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Multiple out-of-bounds access flaws were found in the way the X.Org server calculated memory requirements for certain requests. A malicious, authenticated client could use either of these flaws to crash the X.Org server. The SProcXCMiscGetXIDList function in the XC-MISC extension in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R6.0 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length or index value.
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1982 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1983 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8096 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168700 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The SProcXCMiscGetXIDList function in the XC-MISC extension in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R6.0 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length or index value. Multiple out-of-bounds access flaws were found in the way the X.Org server calculated memory requirements for certain requests. A malicious, authenticated client could use either of these flaws to crash the X.Org server.
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1982 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8096 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1983 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168700 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/61947 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71598 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0532.html No Types Assigned http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0532.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/62292 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/62292 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 17, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x:x.org_x11:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 03, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0532.html
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 06, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 22, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62292
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 16, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x:x_window_system:x11r6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x:x.org_x11:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 11, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x:x_window_system:x11r6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/ No Types Assigned http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/ Advisory, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 10, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.87 }} 0.00%

score

0.79883

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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