CVE-2018-14665

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14665
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-14665.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-14665
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-10-25T20:29:00.250Z
Modified
2026-07-08T17:18:00.770102Z
Severity
  • 6.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. An incorrect permission check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg. X server allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under root privileges.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "18.10"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.10"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.6"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.6"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.6"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.6"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.6"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.6"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
971d418113740cae2d7d393850bad4926d1a7e86
Introduced
0d7ec5c7d9b451066a079fe56bcc9722341a91ff
Last affected
0d7ec5c7d9b451066a079fe56bcc9722341a91ff
Fixed
50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e
Fixed
8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170
Database specific 
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    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.20.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.0"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

7.*
7.0
Other
XORG-7_0
XORG-7_0_99_901
pre-xgldrop-merge
xorg-server-1_0_99_1
xorg-server-1_0_99_2
xorg-server-1_0_99_901
xorg-server-1_1_99_1
xorg-server-1_1_99_2
xorg-server-1.*
xorg-server-1.1.99.3
xorg-server-1.10.0
xorg-server-1.10.99.901
xorg-server-1.10.99.902
xorg-server-1.11.0
xorg-server-1.11.99.1
xorg-server-1.11.99.901
xorg-server-1.11.99.902
xorg-server-1.11.99.903
xorg-server-1.12.0
xorg-server-1.12.99.901
xorg-server-1.12.99.902
xorg-server-1.12.99.903
xorg-server-1.12.99.904
xorg-server-1.12.99.905
xorg-server-1.13.0
xorg-server-1.13.99.901
xorg-server-1.13.99.902
xorg-server-1.14.0
xorg-server-1.14.99.1
xorg-server-1.14.99.2
xorg-server-1.14.99.3
xorg-server-1.14.99.901
xorg-server-1.14.99.902
xorg-server-1.14.99.903
xorg-server-1.14.99.904
xorg-server-1.14.99.905
xorg-server-1.15.0
xorg-server-1.15.99.901
xorg-server-1.15.99.902
xorg-server-1.15.99.903
xorg-server-1.15.99.904
xorg-server-1.16.0
xorg-server-1.16.99.901
xorg-server-1.16.99.902
xorg-server-1.17.0
xorg-server-1.17.99.901
xorg-server-1.17.99.902
xorg-server-1.18.0
xorg-server-1.18.99.2
xorg-server-1.18.99.901
xorg-server-1.18.99.902
xorg-server-1.19.0
xorg-server-1.19.99.901
xorg-server-1.19.99.902
xorg-server-1.19.99.903
xorg-server-1.19.99.904
xorg-server-1.19.99.905
xorg-server-1.20.0
xorg-server-1.20.1
xorg-server-1.20.2
xorg-server-1.5.99.1
xorg-server-1.6.99.900
xorg-server-1.6.99.901
xorg-server-1.7.99.1
xorg-server-1.7.99.2
xorg-server-1.7.99.901
xorg-server-1.7.99.902
xorg-server-1.8.0
xorg-server-1.8.99.901
xorg-server-1.8.99.902
xorg-server-1.8.99.903
xorg-server-1.8.99.904
xorg-server-1.8.99.905
xorg-server-1.8.99.906
xorg-server-1.9.0
xorg-server-1.9.99.901
xorg-server-1.9.99.902
xorg-server-1.9.99.903

Database specific

vanir_signatures 
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vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-08T17:18:00Z"
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-14665.json"