CVE-2014-8093

Public on 2014-12-10
Modified on 2015-01-15
Description
Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in the way the X.Org server calculated memory requirements for certain GLX extension requests. A malicious, authenticated client could use either of these flaws to crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.4
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 xorg-x11-server 2015-01-15 ALAS-2015-470 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.4 AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P