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FreeBSD: VID-8DA79498-E6F6-11EA-8CBF-54E1AD3D6335 (CVE-2020-14363): libX11 -- Doublefree in locale handlng code

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FreeBSD: VID-8DA79498-E6F6-11EA-8CBF-54E1AD3D6335 (CVE-2020-14363): libX11 -- Doublefree in locale handlng code

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/25/2020
Created
08/28/2020
Added
08/26/2020
Modified
10/20/2020

Description

Details for this vulnerability have not been published by NIST at this point. Descriptions from software vendor advisories for this issue are provided below.

From VID-8DA79498-E6F6-11EA-8CBF-54E1AD3D6335:

The X.org project reports:

There is an integer overflow and a double free vulnerability in

the way LibX11 handles locales. The integer overflow is a necessary

precursor to the double free.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-libx11

References

  • CVE-2020-14363

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