DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14598

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14598
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14598.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14598
Upstream
Published
2018-08-24T19:29:01Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:05:09Z
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through 1.6.5. A malicious server can send a reply in which the first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will be freed later on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault).

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}