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CVE-2014-8098

Public on 2014-12-10
Modified on 2015-01-15
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.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 xorg-x11-server 2015-01-15 14:49 ALAS-2015-470

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.4 AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P