CVE-2018-14599
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 4.8% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.8% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-193 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-08-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (7)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
| x.org | libx11 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
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