CVE-2018-14599

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductX.org Libx11
PublishedAug 24, 2018
First seenAug 24, 2018

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
x.org libx11v ≤ 1.6.5—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04—
debian debian_linux8.0—
fedoraproject fedora28—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation7.0—

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