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CVE-2018-14598

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 4.23%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-08-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2018-14598
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.23%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in XListExtensions in ListExt.c in libX11 through 1.6.5. A malicious server can send a reply in which the first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will be freed later on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault).

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