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 xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimalUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XdmxUpgrade tigervnc-selinuxUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade tigervnc-iconsUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade tigervnc-serverUpgrade tigervnc-licenseUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade tigervncUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade tigervnc-server-module | 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-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xdmx | Mar 26, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xnest-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland | Mar 27, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade xwaylandUpgrade xorg-server | Mar 3, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade xwaylandUpgrade xorg-nextserverUpgrade xephyrUpgrade xorg-serverUpgrade 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-serverUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimalUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XdmxUpgrade tigervnc-server-appletUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade tigervnc-server-moduleUpgrade tigervncUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade tigervnc-selinuxUpgrade tigervnc-licenseUpgrade tigervnc-iconsUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland | Mar 12, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimalUpgrade tigervnc-iconsUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xnest-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XdmxUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade tigervnc-server-moduleUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade tigervnc-serverUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debugsourceUpgrade tigervncUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade tigervnc-server-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-licenseUpgrade tigervnc-server-appletUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-selinuxUpgrade tigervnc-server-module-debuginfo | Mar 11, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade tigervnc-server-module-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade tigervncUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xnest-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-server-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade tigervnc-serverUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade tigervnc-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsourceUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade tigervnc-server-moduleUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimalUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xdmx | May 8, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade xwaylandUpgrade libxkbfile-devel-32bitUpgrade libxkbfile-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-extraUpgrade xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sdkUpgrade libxkbfile1-32bitUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade xorg-x11-serverUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade xorg-x11-server-waylandUpgrade libxkbfile1 | Mar 3, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade xwayland (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xwayland-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xserver-xorg-core (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xserver-xorg-coreUpgrade xwayland-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xwaylandUpgrade xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu Pro) | Feb 26, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
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