CVE-2020-14347

medium
Published 2021-05-18 ยท Modified 2021-05-18
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.5

Description

A flaw was found in the way xserver memory was not properly initialized. This could leak parts of server memory to the X client. In cases where Xorg server runs with elevated privileges, this could result in possible ASLR bypass. Xorg-server before version 1.20.9 is vulnerable.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
โ€” Affected โ€”
arch Arch Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
โ€” Fixed 1.20.8-3
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2:1.20.9-1
sid Fixed 2:1.20.9-1
forky Fixed 2:1.20.9-1
bullseye Fixed 2:1.20.9-1
bookworm Fixed 2:1.20.9-1
redhat Red Hat Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
8 Fixed โ€”
rockylinux Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
8 Fixed โ€”

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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