CVE-2020-14362
7.8HIGHA flaw was found in X.Org Server before xorg-x11-server 1.20.9. An Integer underflow leading to heap-buffer overflow may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The highest threat from this vuln
Published: 9/15/2020Updated: 8/29/2025
Description
A flaw was found in X.Org Server before xorg-x11-server 1.20.9. An Integer underflow leading to heap-buffer overflow may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
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Affected Products
x.orgx_server
canonicalubuntu_linux
14.04
redhatenterprise_linux
6.0
redhatenterprise_linux
7.0
redhatenterprise_linux
8.0
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1869144Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-August/003058.htmlMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-01Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4488-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1419/Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1869144Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-August/003058.htmlMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-01Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4488-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1419/Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry