UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8100

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8100

    Published: 9 Dec 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8100
    Aliases:
    USN-2436-1

    Summary:

    Details: The Render extension in XFree86 4.0.1, X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R6.7, 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 to the (1) ProcRenderQueryVersion, (2) SProcRenderQueryVersion, (3) SProcRenderQueryPictFormats, (4) SProcRenderQueryPictIndexValues, (5) SProcRenderCreatePicture, (6) SProcRenderChangePicture, (7) SProcRenderSetPictureClipRectangles, (8) SProcRenderFreePicture, (9) SProcRenderComposite, (10) SProcRenderScale, (11) SProcRenderCreateGlyphSet, (12) SProcRenderReferenceGlyphSet, (13) SProcRenderFreeGlyphSet, (14) SProcRenderFreeGlyphs, or (15) SProcRenderCompositeGlyphs function.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8100, http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2436-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8100

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xorg-server

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/xorg-server@2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4

    Affected versions

    2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2
    2:1.14.3-3ubuntu3
    2:1.14.3-3ubuntu4
    2:1.14.3-5ubuntu1
    2:1.14.4-1ubuntu1
    2:1.14.4-1ubuntu2
    2:1.14.4.901-0ubuntu2
    2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2
    2:1.14.5-1ubuntu4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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