ubuntu-cve-2014-8092
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-12-09 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

Multiple integer overflows in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R1 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to the (1) ProcPutImage, (2) GetHosts, (3) RegionSizeof, or (4) REQUEST_FIXED_SIZE function, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "xdmx",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xdmx-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xnest",
            "binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-common",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xephyr",
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          },
          {
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xserver-xorg-xmir",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xvfb",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "xorg-server",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xorg-server@2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2",
        "2:1.14.3-3ubuntu3",
        "2:1.14.3-3ubuntu4",
        "2:1.14.3-5ubuntu1",
        "2:1.14.4-1ubuntu1",
        "2:1.14.4-1ubuntu2",
        "2:1.14.4.901-0ubuntu2",
        "2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2",
        "2:1.14.5-1ubuntu4",
        "2:1.15.0-1ubuntu1",
        "2:1.15.0-1ubuntu2",
        "2:1.15.0-1ubuntu3",
        "2:1.15.0-1ubuntu4",
        "2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6",
        "2:1.15.0-1ubuntu7",
        "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu1",
        "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2",
        "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Multiple integer overflows in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R1 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to the (1) ProcPutImage, (2) GetHosts, (3) RegionSizeof, or (4) REQUEST_FIXED_SIZE function, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8092",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:44Z",
  "published": "2014-12-09T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8092"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2436-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8092"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2436-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-8092"
  ]
}



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