CVE-2014-8091

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8091
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-10 15:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionX.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X.org X11 5.0 All All All
Application X.org X Server All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Vendor Advisory
Advisory-2014-12-09 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.x.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3095-1 xorg-server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
X.Org X Server CVE-2014-8091 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
X.Org X Server: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201504-06) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0532 - Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Security Advisory SA61947 - SUSE update for xorg-x11-server - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Security Advisory SA62292 - SUSE update for xorg-x11-server - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:119 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-8091 MITRE access.redhat.com
1168680 – (CVE-2014-8091) CVE-2014-8091 xorg-x11-server: denial of service due to unchecked malloc in client authentication MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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