Libx11

This hub aggregates every CVE we track for Libx11, a product in the operating systems space. Use it to gauge the current risk picture and drill into individual advisories.

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The 15 most recently published vulnerabilities affecting Libx11.

• CVE-2023-43787Libx11: integer overflow in xcreateimage() leading to a heap overflow7.8Oct 10, 2023
• CVE-2023-43786Libx11: stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in putsubimage()5.5Oct 10, 2023
• CVE-2023-43785Libx11: out-of-bounds memory access in _xkbreadkeysyms()6.5Oct 10, 2023
• CVE-2023-3138A vulnerability was found in libX11. The security flaw occurs because the functions in src/InitExt.c in libX11 do not check that the values provided for the Request, Event, or Error IDs are within ...7.5Jun 28, 2023
• CVE-2021-31535LookupCol.c in X.Org X through X11R7.7 and libX11 before 1.7.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The libX11 XLookupColor request (intended for server-side color lookup) contai...9.8May 27, 2021
• CVE-2020-14363An integer overflow vulnerability leading to a double-free was found in libX11. This flaw allows a local privileged attacker to cause an application compiled with libX11 to crash, or in some cases,...7.8Sep 11, 2020
• CVE-2020-14344An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in The X Input Method (XIM) client was implemented in libX11 before version 1.6.10. As per upstream this is security relevant when se...6.7Aug 5, 2020
• CVE-2018-14600An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c interprets a variable as signed instead of unsigned, resulting in an out-of-bounds write (of up to 128 byt...9.8Aug 24, 2018
• CVE-2018-14599An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unsp...9.8Aug 24, 2018
• CVE-2018-14598An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through 1.6.5. A malicious server can send a reply in which the first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that w...7.5Aug 24, 2018
• CVE-2016-7943The XListFonts function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations.9.8Dec 13, 2016
• CVE-2016-7942The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.9.8Dec 13, 2016
• CVE-2013-7439Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) MakeBigReq and (2) SetReqLen macros in include/X11/Xlibint.h in X11R6.x and libX11 before 1.6.0 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted...7.5Apr 16, 2015
• CVE-2013-2004The (1) GetDatabase and (2) _XimParseStringFile functions in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier do not restrict the recursion depth when processing directives to include files, which all...6.8Jun 15, 2013
• CVE-2013-1997Multiple buffer overflows in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier allow X servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted length or index value...6.8Jun 15, 2013