CVE-2025-26596

Published Feb 25, 2025

Last updated 14 days ago

Overview

Description
A heap overflow flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The computation of the length in XkbSizeKeySyms() differs from what is written in XkbWriteKeySyms(), which may lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-787
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-787

Social media

Hype score
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