CVE-2014-8102

medium
Published 2014-12-10 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

The SProcXFixesSelectSelectionInput function in the XFixes extension in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R6.8.0 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length value.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian7.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:1.16.2.901-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:1.16.2.901-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:1.16.2.901-1
debian debiansidfixed2:1.16.2.901-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:1.16.2.901-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
x.orgx_server{"endIncluding":"1.16.2.99.901"}
x.orgx116.8

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.