High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-14598
CVE-2018-14598
Description
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).
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Affected products
17- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libX11&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libxcb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libxcb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libxcb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libxcb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4
< 1.7.2-1.2+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.2-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.5-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.2-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.2-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.2-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-5.11.72.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-5.11.72.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-5.11.72.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-5.11.72.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-5.11.72.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-5.11.72.9.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/nvd
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