CVE-2014-8098 describes a denial-of-service or potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability within the GLX extension of XFree86 4.0, X.Org X11R6.7, and X.Org Server before version 1.16.3. Remote authenticated users can trigger this by providing crafted length or index values to numerous GLX functions, leading to out-of-bounds read or write operations. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring authentication but allowing for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.16.2.99.901CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xfree86:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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