CVE-2018-14598
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.042 · 91 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (19)
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references (44)
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- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wsscnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10874890cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073cnnvd
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=e83722768fd5c467ef61fa159e8c6278770b45c2cnnvd
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