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CVE-2020-14344
XIM Heap-Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in The X Input Method (XIM) client was implemented in libX11 before version 1.6.10. As per upstream this is security relevant when setuid programs call XIM client functions while running with elevated privileges. No such programs are shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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Published Date :

Aug. 5, 2020, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:17 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

0.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-14344 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-2020-14344 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 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Opensuse leap
1 X.org libx11
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 4
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-2020-14344.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00014.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00015.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00031.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14344 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4VDDSAYV7XGNRCXE7HCU23645MG74OFF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7AVXCQOSCAPKYYHFIJAZ6E2C7LJBTLXF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XY4H2SIEF2362AMNX5ZKWAELGU7LKFJB/
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-July/003050.html Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-18 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/31/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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avafinger/libx11_1.6.4

libx11_1.6.4 with proposed Fix poll_for_response race condition

libx11

C Makefile Shell Roff M4 C++ Perl

Updated: 3 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 31, 2020, 10:39 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-14344 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-14344 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 [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 Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XY4H2SIEF2362AMNX5ZKWAELGU7LKFJB/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4VDDSAYV7XGNRCXE7HCU23645MG74OFF/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7AVXCQOSCAPKYYHFIJAZ6E2C7LJBTLXF/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XY4H2SIEF2362AMNX5ZKWAELGU7LKFJB/
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4VDDSAYV7XGNRCXE7HCU23645MG74OFF/
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7AVXCQOSCAPKYYHFIJAZ6E2C7LJBTLXF/
    Removed CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 29, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00014.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00015.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00024.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00024.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00031.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4VDDSAYV7XGNRCXE7HCU23645MG74OFF/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4VDDSAYV7XGNRCXE7HCU23645MG74OFF/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7AVXCQOSCAPKYYHFIJAZ6E2C7LJBTLXF/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7AVXCQOSCAPKYYHFIJAZ6E2C7LJBTLXF/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XY4H2SIEF2362AMNX5ZKWAELGU7LKFJB/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XY4H2SIEF2362AMNX5ZKWAELGU7LKFJB/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-18 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-18 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-119
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-190
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-119 / More specific CWE option available
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7AVXCQOSCAPKYYHFIJAZ6E2C7LJBTLXF/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 10, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4VDDSAYV7XGNRCXE7HCU23645MG74OFF/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-18 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 27, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XY4H2SIEF2362AMNX5ZKWAELGU7LKFJB/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00031.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00024.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14344 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14344 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-July/003050.html No Types Assigned https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-July/003050.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/31/1 No Types Assigned https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/31/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-190
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.6.10
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-2020-14344 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-2020-14344 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.18086

percentile

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