CVE-2014-8092

Multiple integer overflows in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R1 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to the (1) ProcPutImage, (2) GetHosts, (3) RegionSizeof, or (4) REQUEST_FIXED_SIZE function, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.

Published: 2014-12-10 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8092 is rated Moderate Risk (51.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.29%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8092

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 3.41% 1.29% -2.12%
2 2025-03-29 1.29% 3.41% +2.12%
3 2025-03-17 — 1.29% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8092

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8092

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-8092

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-8092 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xorg-server), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8092
gentoo high CVE-2014-8092: 1 GLSA(s) (201504-06), 1 atom(s) (x11-base/xorg-server); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-8092
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8092
suse medium CVE-2014-8092 severity moderate: SUSE including 41 source package names (xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.101.1, xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.105.1, …), 98 product×package rows across 46 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (46 product lines)): Fixed 64, Known Not Affected 34. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8092/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-8092 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (xorg-server, xorg-server-lts-trusty), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 5, DNE 3, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8092

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-8092

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html">CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8092

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
x.org x11 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org x_server <= 1.16.2.99.901 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8092

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