CVE-2014-8099

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-12-09
CWE:
CWE-20->CWE-805->CWE-125
Bugzilla:
1168710: CVE-2014-8099 xorg-x11-server: out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in XVideo extension
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.

Find out more about CVE-2014-8099 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 2.3
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (xorg-x11-server) RHSA-2014:1982 2014-12-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (xorg-x11-server) RHSA-2014:1983 2014-12-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (xorg-x11-server) RHSA-2014:1983 2014-12-11

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