A buffer overflow flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The code in XkbVModMaskText() allocates a fixed-sized buffer on the stack and copies the names of the virtual modifiers to that buffer. The code fails to check the bounds of the buffer and would copy the data regardless of the size.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade tigervnc-server-minimalUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XdmxUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade tigervnc-selinuxUpgrade tigervnc-serverUpgrade tigervnc-iconsUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade tigervnc-server-moduleUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade tigervncUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade tigervnc-licenseUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-source | Mar 18, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade xorg-serverUpgrade xwayland | Aug 8, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XdmxUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debuginfo | Mar 26, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xnest-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-source | Mar 27, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade xwaylandUpgrade xorg-server | Mar 3, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade xwaylandUpgrade xorg-serverUpgrade xephyrUpgrade xorg-nextserverUpgrade xorg-vfbserver | Mar 7, 2025 | Mar 6, 2025 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade x11-base/xwayland.Upgrade x11-base/xorg-server. | Jun 13, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-help | Jul 11, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-help | Jun 13, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-help | Jun 11, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-help | Jul 1, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade tigervnc-server-minimalUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XdmxUpgrade tigervnc-server-appletUpgrade tigervnc-serverUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade tigervncUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade tigervnc-selinuxUpgrade tigervnc-iconsUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade tigervnc-licenseUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade tigervnc-server-module | Mar 12, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestNo solution existsUpgrade tigervnc-serverUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimalUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XdmxUpgrade tigervnc-server-moduleUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xnest-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade tigervnc-iconsUpgrade tigervnc-server-module-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade tigervnc-server-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfoUpgrade tigervncUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade tigervnc-selinuxUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade tigervnc-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-licenseUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade tigervnc-server-appletUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-common | Mar 11, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XdmxUpgrade tigervnc-server-moduleUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimalUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade tigervncUpgrade tigervnc-serverUpgrade tigervnc-server-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-server-module-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xnest-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-debuginfo | May 8, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-extraUpgrade libxkbfile-develUpgrade libxkbfile-devel-32bitUpgrade xwaylandUpgrade xorg-x11-server-waylandUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sdkUpgrade xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-serverUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade libxkbfile1-32bitUpgrade libxkbfile1 | Mar 3, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xwayland-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xwayland (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xwaylandUpgrade xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xserver-xorg-core (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xserver-xorg-coreUpgrade xwayland-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu Pro) | Feb 26, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
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