Vulnerability in X.org X11
CVE-2014-8091
X.Org X Window System (aka X11 and X) X11R5 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3, when using SUN-DES-1 (Secure RPC) authentication credentials, does not check the return value of a malloc call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) via a crafted connection request.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.042 (90.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- X.org X11 — versions 5.0
- X.org X Server
References
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095 (vendor-advisory)
- www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html (Vendor Advisory)
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0532.html
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62292 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71597 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/61947 (third-party-advisory)