CVE-2018-14665

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

27.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-10-25 20:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 09:38Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-07-27

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass
• CWE-271Privilege Dropping / Lowering ErrorsClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

75475d11e77090bd8bf3813b6a1821019515323e0705cbaa197c59515cdb94bc

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• lists.x.org[xorg-announce] 20181025 X.Org security advisory: October 25, 2018https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.exploit-db.com45922https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3802-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• gitlab.freedesktop.orghttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330ex_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com45697https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3410https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com105741http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105741vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.exploit-db.com45908https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securepatterns.comhttps://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com46142https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201810-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securitytracker.com1041948http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041948vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14665x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com45832https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• gitlab.freedesktop.orghttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com45938https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.debian.orgDSA-4328https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154942/Xorg-X11-Server-SUID-modulepath-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155276/Xorg-X11-Server-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC