When was CVE-2018-14599 disclosed?

CVE-2018-14599 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 24, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2018-14599 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-14599 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 82.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-14599?

CVE-2018-14599 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2018-14599?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-14599, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2018-14599

CRITICALNVD 9.8

9.8

An issue was discovered in libX11 through 1.6.5. The function XListExtensions in ListExt.c is vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact.

CVSS v3: 9.8
EG Score: —
EPSS: 82.7%
KEV: Not listed

References (24)

cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543
cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2079
cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062
cve@mitrehttps://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=b469da1430cdcee06e31c6251b83aede072a1ff0
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00030.html
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGARUV66TS5OOSLR5A76BUB7SDV6GO4F/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-August/002916.html
cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-01
cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105177
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041543

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