vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-4009: X.Org X server, XWayland: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 17, 2021
Added
May 31, 2023
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server in versions before 21.1.2 and before 1.20.14. An out-of-bounds access can occur in the SProcXFixesCreatePointerBarrier function. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Solutions

gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-base-xorg-servergentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-base-xwayland
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