cve/2015/CVE-2015-0255.md

### [CVE-2015-0255](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0255)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html

#### Github
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