ZeroHour

CVE-2026-50259

CVSS 3.1
7.8 high
EPSS
<1%p6
Published
()
Modified
Description

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland. _XkbSetMapChecks() declares a fixed-size stack buffer mapWidths[256] indexed by key type index. The helper function CheckKeyTypes() writes to this buffer at a client-controlled offset, allowing a stack buffer overflow. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.

Vendors
x.orgredhat
Products
x server, xwayland, enterprise linux
Weakness
CWE-121
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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