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6.9 Medium

CVE-2026-93524 X.Org Server XKB SetMap Key Width/Action Count Desync Out-Of-Bounds Read

Description

A buffer overread in CheckKeySyms() in X.Org X Server before 21.1.25 and XWayland before 24.1.14 could be used by authenticated X clients to leak small amounts of information from X server memory or potentially crash the X server.

CVSS 4.0 detail

Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitable with local access to the machine, with an ordinary account and without any user action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Privileges required
Low
Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Confidentiality of other systems
None
Integrity of other systems
None
Availability of other systems
None

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
xorg-x11-server 21.1 earliest → < 21.1.25 21.1.25
xwayland 24.1 earliest → < 24.1.14 24.1.14
The 12 CVEs of xorg-x11-server →
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