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CVE-2014-8091

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Date: December 10, 2014

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (14)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71597
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61947
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8091
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/
http://secunia.com/advisories/62292
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8091
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0532.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-8091

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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