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CVE-2014-8099

MEDIUMEPSS 90th pctl
6.5
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The XVideo extension in XFree86 4.0.0, 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) SProcXvQueryExtension, (2) SProcXvQueryAdaptors, (3) SProcXvQueryEncodings, (4) SProcXvGrabPort, (5) SProcXvUngrabPort, (6) SProcXvPutVideo, (7) SProcXvPutStill, (8) SProcXvGetVideo, (9) SProcXvGetStill, (10) SProcXvPutImage, (11) SProcXvShmPutImage, (12) SProcXvSelectVideoNotify, (13) SProcXvSelectPortNotify, (14) SProcXvStopVideo, (15) SProcXvSetPortAttribute, (16) SProcXvGetPortAttribute, (17) SProcXvQueryBestSize, (18) SProcXvQueryPortAttributes, (19) SProcXvQueryImageAttributes, or (20) SProcXvListImageFormats function.

How to fix

Remediation Available
xorg-serverDebian
Fixed in:2:1.16.2.901-1CVE-2014-8099
Fixed in:2:1.16.2.901-1CVE-2014-8099
Fixed in:2:1.16.2.901-1CVE-2014-8099
Fixed in:2:1.16.2.901-1CVE-2014-8099
xorg-serverUbuntu
Fixed in:2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4USN-2436-1
xserver-xorg-coreUbuntu
Fixed in:2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4USN-2436-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days
90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

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