CVE-2018-14598 in libX11

Resumen

por MITRE

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).

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• Reservar: 2018-07-26
• Divulgación: 2018-08-24
• Moderación: aceptado
• Artículo: VDB-123221
• CPE: listo
• CWE: CWE-20 (confirmado)
• CVSS: 7.5 (NVD)
• EPSS: 0.04229
• KEV: no
• Actividades: muy bajo

Fuentes

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14598
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14598
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-14598/