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MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2014-8103
X.Org Server DRI3 and Present Extension Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service
Description

X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) 1.15.0 through 1.16.x 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 to the (1) sproc_dri3_query_version, (2) sproc_dri3_open, (3) sproc_dri3_pixmap_from_buffer, (4) sproc_dri3_buffer_from_pixmap, (5) sproc_dri3_fence_from_fd, (6) sproc_dri3_fd_from_fence, (7) proc_present_query_capabilities, (8) sproc_present_query_version, (9) sproc_present_pixmap, (10) sproc_present_notify_msc, (11) sproc_present_select_input, or (12) sproc_present_query_capabilities function in the (a) DRI3 or (b) Present extension.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

Aug. 29, 2025, 1:42 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-8103 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 x_server
2 X.org xorg-server
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. Updating the affected X.Org X Server packages will address the issue.
  • Update the X.Org X Server packages.
  • Restart the X server or the system.
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-2014-8103.

URL Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/61947
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/ Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
http://secunia.com/advisories/61947
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/ Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-8103 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-8103 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-8103 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.15.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.1.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.1.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.0.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.15.0.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.99.902:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.15.99.902:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.2.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.0.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.0.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.99.903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.15.99.903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.99.904:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.15.99.904:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/61947
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
    Added Reference http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
  • 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. X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) 1.15.0 through 1.16.x 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 to the (1) sproc_dri3_query_version, (2) sproc_dri3_open, (3) sproc_dri3_pixmap_from_buffer, (4) sproc_dri3_buffer_from_pixmap, (5) sproc_dri3_fence_from_fd, (6) sproc_dri3_fd_from_fence, (7) proc_present_query_capabilities, (8) sproc_present_query_version, (9) sproc_present_pixmap, (10) sproc_present_notify_msc, (11) sproc_present_select_input, or (12) sproc_present_query_capabilities function in the (a) DRI3 or (b) Present extension.
    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-2014:1983 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8103 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168716 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) 1.15.0 through 1.16.x 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 to the (1) sproc_dri3_query_version, (2) sproc_dri3_open, (3) sproc_dri3_pixmap_from_buffer, (4) sproc_dri3_buffer_from_pixmap, (5) sproc_dri3_fence_from_fd, (6) sproc_dri3_fd_from_fence, (7) proc_present_query_capabilities, (8) sproc_present_query_version, (9) sproc_present_pixmap, (10) sproc_present_notify_msc, (11) sproc_present_select_input, or (12) sproc_present_query_capabilities function in the (a) DRI3 or (b) Present extension. 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-2014:1983 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168716 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8103 [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. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06 [No Types Assigned]
  • 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
  • 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:1.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.0.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.99.902:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.99.903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.99.904:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.0.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.1.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.2.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.0.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.99.902:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.99.903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.15.99.904:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.0.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.1.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:1.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.0.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.99.902:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.99.903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.15.99.904:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.0.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.1.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.2.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:x:xorg-server:1.16.2.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

14.45 }} 1.72%

score

0.94171

percentile