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-moduleUpgrade tigervncUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade tigervnc-licenseUpgrade tigervnc-serverUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade tigervnc-iconsUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade tigervnc-selinuxUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimalUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xdmx | Mar 18, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade xwaylandUpgrade xorg-server | Aug 8, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XdmxUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xvfb | Mar 26, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xnest-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-devel | Mar 27, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade xorg-serverUpgrade xwayland | Mar 3, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade xorg-vfbserverUpgrade xwaylandUpgrade xorg-nextserverUpgrade xorg-serverUpgrade xephyr | 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 xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade tigervnc-server-appletUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimalUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XdmxUpgrade tigervnc-iconsUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade tigervnc-server-moduleUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade tigervnc-selinuxUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade tigervnc-licenseUpgrade tigervncUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-devel | Mar 12, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-XdmxUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade tigervnc-iconsUpgrade tigervnc-debugsourceUpgrade tigervnc-serverUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimalUpgrade tigervnc-server-moduleNo solution existsUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xnest-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade tigervnc-server-module-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade tigervnc-selinuxUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade tigervnc-server-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-licenseUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade tigervnc-server-appletUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade tigervnc-debuginfoUpgrade tigervncUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfo | Mar 11, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xnest-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XephyrUpgrade tigervnc-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xorg-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-develUpgrade tigervnc-server-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XwaylandUpgrade tigervnc-server-module-debuginfoUpgrade tigervncUpgrade tigervnc-serverUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade tigervnc-debugsourceUpgrade tigervnc-server-moduleUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XnestUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XorgUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsourceUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-debuginfoUpgrade xorg-x11-server-commonUpgrade tigervnc-server-minimalUpgrade xorg-x11-server-Xdmx | May 8, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libxkbfile-devel-32bitUpgrade xorg-x11-server-extraUpgrade xwaylandUpgrade libxkbfile-develUpgrade xwayland-develUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sdkUpgrade xorg-x11-server-sourceUpgrade libxkbfile1Upgrade xorg-x11-server-waylandUpgrade xorg-x11-server-XvfbUpgrade libxkbfile1-32bitUpgrade xorg-x11-server | Mar 3, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade xwayland (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xwayland-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xwaylandUpgrade 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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