ubuntu-cve-2015-0255
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-02-11 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 and 1.17.x before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted string length value in a XkbSetGeometry request.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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          },
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          },
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          },
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          },
          {
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          {
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          },
          {
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          },
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xorg-server@2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
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            }
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        }
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        "2:1.14.3-5ubuntu1",
        "2:1.14.4-1ubuntu1",
        "2:1.14.4-1ubuntu2",
        "2:1.14.4.901-0ubuntu2",
        "2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2",
        "2:1.14.5-1ubuntu4",
        "2:1.15.0-1ubuntu1",
        "2:1.15.0-1ubuntu2",
        "2:1.15.0-1ubuntu3",
        "2:1.15.0-1ubuntu4",
        "2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6",
        "2:1.15.0-1ubuntu7",
        "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu1",
        "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2",
        "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.1",
        "2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.4",
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            "binary_name": "xserver-xephyr-lts-utopic",
            "binary_version": "2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2~trusty2"
          },
          {
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xwayland-lts-utopic",
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          },
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        "4.1.1+xorg4.3.0-37ubuntu5.0.2"
      ]
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          }
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        }
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "vnc4server",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xvnc4viewer",
            "binary_version": "4.1.1+xorg4.3.0-37.3ubuntu2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "vnc4",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/vnc4@4.1.1+xorg4.3.0-37.3ubuntu2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.1.1+xorg4.3.0-37.3ubuntu2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 and 1.17.x before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted string length value in a XkbSetGeometry request.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0255",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:45Z",
  "published": "2015-02-11T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0255"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/18"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2500-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4772-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0255"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2500-1",
    "USN-4772-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-0255"
  ]
}



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