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CVE-2014-8096

xorg-x11-server: out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in XC-MISC extension

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

2.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 9, 2014

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

Multiple out-of-bounds access flaws were found in the way the X.Org server calculated memory requirements for certain requests. A malicious, authenticated client could use either of these flaws to crash the X.Org server.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.3
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-1285 · Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input