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CVE-2014-8102

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8102 describes an out-of-bounds read or write vulnerability in the X.Org X Window System (X11R6.8.0 and X.Org Server before 1.16.3), specifically within the XFixes extension's SProcXFixesSelectSelectionInput function. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through a crafted length value. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability is rated as medium severity, indicating that an attacker can exploit it over a network with low complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.16.2.99.901CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0438 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-0:1.1.1-48.107.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-25.el6_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-0:1.15.0-7.el7_0.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-8102Moderate

xorg-x11-server: out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in XFixes extension

Dec 9, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0532.html
secunia.com / advisories/61947
secunia.com / advisories/62292
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201504-06
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3095
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
securityfocus.com / bid/71608
x.org / wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09
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