CVE-2014-4910

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2014-4910 · Published 24/07/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-4910 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting xf86-video-intel (x).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.97%, higher than 62.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
xf86-video-intel x	`= 2.99.911`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in tools/backlight_helper.c in X.Org xf86-video-intel 2.99.911 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the interface name.

References

lists.x.org/archives/xorg-commit/2014-July/036840.html
osvdb.org/show/osvdb/108851
seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/138
seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/39
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94746

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