CVE-2020-14344CWE-190

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

Medium · published August 5, 2020

CVSS v3.1
6.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00465 · 39.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2020-08-05T13:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 AUG 13:08Z
    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
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