CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-9632

7.8 HIGH Published 2024-10-30 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2024-10-30
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
Weaknesses
CWE-122

Description

A flaw was found in the X.org server. Due to improperly tracked allocation size in _XkbSetCompatMap, a local attacker may be able to trigger a buffer overflow condition via a specially crafted payload, leading to denial of service or local privilege escalation in distributions where the X.org server is run with root privileges.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow weakness

References