CVE-2014-8091

no score yetEPSS 4.2%

X.Org X Window System (aka X11 and X) X11R5 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3, when using SUN-DES-1 (Secure RPC) authentication credentials, does not check the return value of a malloc call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) via a crafted connection request.

EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2014-12-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

x.org:x11
x.org:x_server

References

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

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