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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14598

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14598 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through 1.6.5. A malicious server can send a reply in which the first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will be freed later on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault).

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11libx110, 0, 0
Debian:13libx110, 0, 0
Debian:12libx110, 0, 0
Debian:14libx110, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 24, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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