DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14344

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14344
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14344.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14344
Upstream
Published
2020-08-05T14:15:12Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:27Z
Severity
  • 6.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.10-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.10-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.10-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.10-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}