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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14344

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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libx11

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:1.6.10-1"}]}]

Debian:13 libx11

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:1.6.10-1"}]}]

Debian:14 libx11

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:1.6.10-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org