Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-8095

Title: X.Org X11 RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-8095.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Dec 10, 2014
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.11%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-8095: The XInput extension in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R4 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length or index value to the (1) SProcXChangeDeviceControl, (2) ProcXChangeDeviceControl, (3) ProcXChangeFeedbackControl, (4) ProcXSendExtensionEvent, (5) SProcXIAllowEvents, (6) SProcXIChangeCursor, (7) ProcXIChangeHierarchy, (8) SProcXIGetClientPointer, (9) SProcXIGrabDevice, (10) SProcXIUngrabDevice, (11) ProcXIUngrabDevice, (12) SProcXIPassiveGrabDevice, (13) ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice, (14) SProcXIPassiveUngrabDevice, (15) ProcXIPassiveUngrabDevice, (16) SProcXListDeviceProperties, (17) SProcXDeleteDeviceProperty, (18) SProcXIListProperties, (19) SProcXIDeleteProperty, (20) SProcXIGetProperty, (21) SProcXIQueryDevice, (22) SProcXIQueryPointer, (23) SProcXISelectEvents, (24) SProcXISetClientPointer, (25) SProcXISetFocus, (26) SProcXIGetFocus, or (27) SProcXIWarpPointer function.

Impacted Vendors

X
xorg 1
X
x.org 2
X
x 1

Reference Links

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0532.html http://secunia.com/advisories/61947 http://secunia.com/advisories/62292 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71599 http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0532.html http://secunia.com/advisories/61947 http://secunia.com/advisories/62292 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3095 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71599 http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2014-12-09/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-8095 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.