CVE-2014-8100
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-8100
To remediate CVE-2014-8100, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2:1.16.2.901-1 or later
Is CVE-2014-8100 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2:1.16.2.901-1