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A flaw was found in the way xserver memory was not...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 5, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

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Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-14347

GHSA ID

GHSA-7m6m-38f5-wg3j

Source code

No known source code

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