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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14599
An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious se...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
libx11
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:1.6.6-1"}]}]
Debian:13
libx11
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:1.6.6-1"}]}]
Debian:14
libx11
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:1.6.6-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org