CVE-2014-4910
Directory traversal vulnerability in tools/backlight_helper.c in X.Org xf86-video-intel 2.99.911...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2014-4910- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2014-4910- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-4829 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2014-4829- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6qc7-cwg9-8f4p No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in tools/backlight_helper.c in X.Org xf86-video-intel 2.99.911...
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.
- Record
GHSA-6qc7-cwg9-8f4p- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10519-1 No score
xf86-video-intel-2.99.917.703_b45dbdb-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the xf86-video-intel-2.99.917.703_b45dbdb-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10519-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-4910 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in X Xf86-video-intel, published July 24, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.97%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
osvdb.org/show/osvdb/108851
seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/39
lists.x.org/archives/xorg-commit/2014-July/036840.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94746
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4910
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qc7-cwg9-8f4p
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4910