Description
An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in The X Input Method (XIM) client was implemented in libX11 before version 1.6.10. As per upstream this is security relevant when setuid programs call XIM client functions while running with elevated privileges. No such programs are shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Published: 2020-08-05
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2312-1 libx11 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-6488 An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in The X Input Method (XIM) client was implemented in libX11 before version 1.6.10. As per upstream this is security relevant when setuid programs call XIM client functions while running with elevated privileges. No such programs are shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4487-1 libx11 vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4487-2 libx11 vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Opensuse Leap
Redhat Enterprise Linux
X.org Libx11
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:39:36.520Z

Reserved: 2020-06-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-14344

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-05T14:15:12.420

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:03:03.373

Link: CVE-2020-14344

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-07-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-14344 - Bugzilla

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