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CRITICAL
CVE-2018-14599
X11 DoS Off-by-One Error Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 24, 2018, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:49 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-14599 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-14599 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 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 X.org libx11
: Total Affected Vendor : 5 | Products : 7
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-2018-14599.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/ Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-14599 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-14599 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.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062
    Added Reference https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
    Added Reference https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-682 CWE-193
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/ Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html No Types Assigned https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0 No Types Assigned https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-682
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.6.5
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 25, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543 [No Types Assigned]
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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-14599 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-2018-14599 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.51 }} -0.54%

score

0.76501

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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