CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-25712

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-12-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-12-15
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-122

Description

A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.10. A heap-buffer overflow in XkbSetDeviceInfo may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Affected configurations

• x.org x server (< 1.20.10) • redhat enterprise linux 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow weakness

References