UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0255
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UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0255
Published: 11 Feb 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
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Summary:
Details: X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 and 1.17.x before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted string length value in a XkbSetGeometry request.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0255, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/18, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2500-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4772-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0255
Affected packages
Package
Name: xorg-server
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/xorg-server@2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
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
