Description
An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 9.8/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 24, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified