usn-2436-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-12-09 18:36
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
xorg-server, xorg-server-lts-trusty vulnerabilities
Details
Ilja van Sprundel discovered a multitude of security issues in the X.Org X server. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely, could use these issues to cause the X server to crash or execute arbitrary code resulting in possible privilege escalation.
References
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8091",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8092",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8093",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8094",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8095",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8096",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8097",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8098",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8099",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8100",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8101",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8102",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2014-8103",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}
},
"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"
},
{
"binary_name": "xorg-server-source",
"binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "xserver-common",
"binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "xserver-xephyr",
"binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "xserver-xorg-core",
"binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "xserver-xorg-xmir",
"binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "xvfb",
"binary_version": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
}
]
},
"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": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4"
}
],
"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": "Ilja van Sprundel discovered a multitude of security issues in the X.Org X\nserver. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or\nremotely, could use these issues to cause the X server to crash or execute\narbitrary code resulting in possible privilege escalation.\n",
"id": "USN-2436-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
"published": "2014-12-09T18:36:18Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2436-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8091"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8092"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8093"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8094"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8095"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8096"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8097"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8098"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8099"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8100"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8101"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8102"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8103"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "xorg-server, xorg-server-lts-trusty vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8091",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8092",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8093",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8094",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8095",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8096",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8097",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8098",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8099",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8100",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8101",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8102",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8103"
]
}
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