CVE-2015-0255

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-0255
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-13 15:59:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionX.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 and 1.17.x before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted string length value in a XkbSetGeometry request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application X.org X Server 1.17.0 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
X.Org X Server 'xkb/xkb.c' Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - April 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:0338-1: moderate: Security update for tigervnc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:0337-1: moderate: Security update for xorg-x11-server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Advisory-2015-02-10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.x.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
X.Org X Server: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201504-06) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0073 - Updated x11-server packages fix CVE-2015-0255 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
USN-2500-1: X.Org X server vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3160-1 xorg-server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:119 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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