CVE-2015-0255
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 4.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 4.3% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-0275)
- Published
- February 13, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-0275 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- x.org / x server
- x.org / x server
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00085.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00086.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0797.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3160
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72578
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2500-1
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-02-10/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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