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CVE-2026-121604

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Description

wlroots before 0.20.2 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in read_surface_class() in xwayland/xwm.c that allows local X11 clients to leak compositor heap memory. Attackers can set a WM_CLASS property with a NUL-terminated instance but unterminated class, exposing over-read heap bytes as the window class or app_id over IPC.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
4.8 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-03 17:18:11.737000
Last modified
2026-11-03 17:18:11.737000
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  "published": "2026-11-03T17:18:11.737",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-03T17:18:11.737",
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    }
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