CVE-2014-8098

Summary

CVECVE-2014-8098
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-10 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:42:00 UTC
DescriptionThe GLX extension in XFree86 4.0, X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R6.7, and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length or index value to the (1) __glXDisp_Render, (2) __glXDisp_RenderLarge, (3) __glXDispSwap_VendorPrivate, (4) __glXDispSwap_VendorPrivateWithReply, (5) set_client_info, (6) __glXDispSwap_SetClientInfoARB, (7) DoSwapInterval, (8) DoGetProgramString, (9) DoGetString, (10) __glXDispSwap_RenderMode, (11) __glXDisp_GetCompressedTexImage, (12) __glXDispSwap_GetCompressedTexImage, (13) __glXDisp_FeedbackBuffer, (14) __glXDispSwap_FeedbackBuffer, (15) __glXDisp_SelectBuffer, (16) __glXDispSwap_SelectBuffer, (17) __glXDisp_Flush, (18) __glXDispSwap_Flush, (19) __glXDisp_Finish, (20) __glXDispSwap_Finish, (21) __glXDisp_ReadPixels, (22) __glXDispSwap_ReadPixels, (23) __glXDisp_GetTexImage, (24) __glXDispSwap_GetTexImage, (25) __glXDisp_GetPolygonStipple, (26) __glXDispSwap_GetPolygonStipple, (27) __glXDisp_GetSeparableFilter, (28) __glXDisp_GetSeparableFilterEXT, (29) __glXDisp_GetConvolutionFilter, (30) __glXDisp_GetConvolutionFilterEXT, (31) __glXDisp_GetHistogram, (32) __glXDisp_GetHistogramEXT, (33) __glXDisp_GetMinmax, (34) __glXDisp_GetMinmaxEXT, (35) __glXDisp_GetColorTable, (36) __glXDisp_GetColorTableSGI, (37) GetSeparableFilter, (38) GetConvolutionFilter, (39) GetHistogram, (40) GetMinmax, or (41) GetColorTable function.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application X.org X11 6.7 All All All
Application X.org X11 6.7 All All All
Application X.org Xfree86 4.0 All All All
Application X.org Xfree86 4.0 All All All
Application X.org Xorg-server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:119 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0532 - Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-8098 MISC access.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA62292 - SUSE update for xorg-x11-server - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2014-8298: GLX-INDIRECT (Including CVE-2014-8093, CVE-2014-8098) CONFIRM nvidia.custhelp.com Third Party Advisory
Advisory-2014-12-09 CONFIRM www.x.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA61947 - SUSE update for xorg-x11-server - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
X.Org X Server Protocol Handling Multiple Out-of-Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3095-1 xorg-server DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
1168707 – (CVE-2014-8098) CVE-2014-8098 xorg-x11-server: out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in GLX extension MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
X.Org X Server: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201504-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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