CVE-2014-8091
EPSS 4.8%xorg-server - security update
Published: 12/10/2014Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/xorg-serverfrom 0, < 2:1.16.2.901-1
- Debian/xorg-serverfrom 0, < 2:1.7.7-18+deb6u1
- Debian/xorg-serverfrom 0, < 2:1.12.4-6+deb7u5