CVE-2015-0255

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure

Publication date:

13/02/2015

Last modified:

29/08/2025

Description

X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 and 1.17.x before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted string length value in a XkbSetGeometry request.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

6.40

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server::::::::		1.16.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.17.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2015-0255

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools