CVE-2014-8096 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8096?

CVE-2014-8096 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 10 Dec 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SProcXCMiscGetXIDList function in the XC-MISC extension in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R6.0 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length or index value.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8096?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, X.org X11, X.org X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8096?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-8096 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8096 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8096, GHSA-cvh9-37c6-rr6p, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8096.