CVE-2014-8101

Published: Dec 10, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119

6.5MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

The RandR extension in XFree86 4.2.0, X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R6.7, 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 or index value to the (1) SProcRRQueryVersion, (2) SProcRRGetScreenInfo, (3) SProcRRSelectInput, or (4) SProcRRConfigureOutputProperty function.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:SAuthentication

Single

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

x.org

oss-project·US

xfree86LibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

x serverOn-prem

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

x11On-prem

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

Red Hat Inc.

commercial·USaka red hat

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095

debian.org

http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/

x.org

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html

oracle.com

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