CVE-2018-14598

An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through 1.6.5

published August 24, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
4%
Percentile
91.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04229 · 91.0th percentile
Published
2018-08-24T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 AUG 19:00Z
    An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through 1.6.5
    cvelistv5