CVE-2014-8091 (GCVE-0-2014-8091)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-10 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:10
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2014-12-09 00:00
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      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:26:11Z",
      "product_status:recommended": "97",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2014-8091",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2014-8091.json",
      "version": "11"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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