vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2024-21885: xorg-server -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 29, 2024
Added
Jan 29, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in X.Org server. In the XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent function, it is possible to exceed the allocated array length when certain new device IDs are added to the xXIHierarchyInfo struct. This can trigger a heap buffer overflow condition, which may lead to an application crash or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.

Solution

debian-upgrade-xorg-server
Title
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