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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-14344
An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found...
Vulnerability Description
An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in The X Input Method (XIM) client was implemented in libX11 before version 1.6.10. As per upstream this is security relevant when setuid programs call XIM client functions while running with elevated privileges. No such programs are shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-July/003050.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/31/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14344
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00031.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XY4H2SIEF2362AMNX5ZKWAELGU7LKFJB/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-18
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4VDDSAYV7XGNRCXE7HCU23645MG74OFF/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4487-2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7AVXCQOSCAPKYYHFIJAZ6E2C7LJBTLXF/
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.6.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 5th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H