CVE-2020-14344

Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.7)—
An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in The X Input Method (XIM) client was implemented in libX11 before version 1.6.10. As per upstream this is security relevant when setuid programs call XIM client functions while running with elevated privileges. No such programs are shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 6.7
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.46%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 38
Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (4)

Canonical — Ubuntu Linux Fedoraproject — Fedora Opensuse — Leap X.org — Libx11
CWE

CWE-190
CWE-190
Referencias

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