CVE-2020-14345
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-09-15 13:51
Modified
2024-08-04 12:39
Severity ?
Summary
A flaw was found in X.Org Server before xorg-x11-server 1.20.9. An Out-Of-Bounds access in XkbSetNames function may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1862241Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-August/003058.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-01Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4488-2/Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4490-1/Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1416/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1862241Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-August/003058.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-01Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4488-2/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4490-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1416/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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