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CVE-2014-8099

Publication date 9 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The XVideo extension in XFree86 4.0.0, 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) SProcXvQueryExtension, (2) SProcXvQueryAdaptors, (3) SProcXvQueryEncodings, (4) SProcXvGrabPort, (5) SProcXvUngrabPort, (6) SProcXvPutVideo, (7) SProcXvPutStill, (8) SProcXvGetVideo, (9) SProcXvGetStill, (10) SProcXvPutImage, (11) SProcXvShmPutImage, (12) SProcXvSelectVideoNotify, (13) SProcXvSelectPortNotify, (14) SProcXvStopVideo, (15) SProcXvSetPortAttribute, (16) SProcXvGetPortAttribute, (17) SProcXvQueryBestSize, (18) SProcXvQueryPortAttributes, (19) SProcXvQueryImageAttributes, or (20) SProcXvListImageFormats function.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xorg-server 14.10 utopic
Fixed 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.15
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
xorg-server-lts-trusty 14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2~precise3
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2436-1
    • X.Org X server vulnerabilities
    • 9 December 2014

Other references