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CVE-2014-8092

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8092 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in X.Org X Window System (X11R1) and X.Org Server versions prior to 1.16.3. These flaws, specifically in functions like ProcPutImage and GetHosts, could allow a remote authenticated attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read or write. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a medium severity risk with a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.16.2.99.901CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.37%
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 0.0437 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (4)

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
oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-8092Important

xorg-x11-server: integer overflow in X11 core protocol requests when calculating memory needs for requests

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/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/71595
x.org / wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09
PatchVendor Advisory