CVE-2014-4910: X XF86-Video-Intel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• X XF86-Video-Intel: version 2.99.911 only

Published 2014-07-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.