CVE-2014-8091
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-8091 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-12-10 15:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-02-13 00:42:00 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:119 | Mandriva | MANDRIVA | www.mandriva.com | |
| Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 | CONFIRM | www.oracle.com | |
| Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0532 - Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities | CONFIRM | advisories.mageia.org | |
| Security Advisory SA62292 - SUSE update for xorg-x11-server - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| Advisory-2014-12-09 | CONFIRM | www.x.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2015 | CONFIRM | www.oracle.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA61947 - SUSE update for xorg-x11-server - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - October 2015 | CONFIRM | www.oracle.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3095-1 xorg-server | DEBIAN | www.debian.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MISC | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-8091 | MISC | access.redhat.com | |
| X.Org X Server CVE-2014-8091 Denial of Service Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MISC | access.redhat.com | |
| X.Org X Server: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201504-06) — Gentoo security | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | |
| 1168680 – (CVE-2014-8091) CVE-2014-8091 xorg-x11-server: denial of service due to unchecked malloc in client authentication | MISC | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.