CVE-2018-14598

NameCVE-2018-14598
DescriptionAn 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).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1482-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libx11 (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2:1.7.2-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2:1.8.4-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2:1.8.10-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libx11sourcejessie2:1.6.2-3+deb8u2DLA-1482-1
libx11sourcestretch2:1.6.4-3+deb9u1
libx11source(unstable)2:1.6.6-1low

Notes

[wheezy] - libx11 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/commit/e83722768fd5c467ef61fa159e8c6278770b45c2

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