CVE-2014-8098
xorg-x11-server: out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in GLX extension
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · December 9, 2014
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
Multiple out-of-bounds write flaws were found in the way the X.Org server calculated memory requirements for certain GLX extension requests. A malicious, authenticated client could use either of these flaws to crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 7.4AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write