CVE-2018-14600
highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.093 · 95 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c interprets a variable as signed instead of unsigned, resulting in an out-of-bounds write (of up to 128 bytes), leading to DoS or remote code execution.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (34)
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references (41)
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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=1102068cnnvd
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=dbf72805fd9d7b1846fe9a11b46f3994bfc27feacnnvd
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