# CVE-2018-14599: An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-24 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079

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