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CVE-2026-93524

Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.

Description

A buffer overread in CheckKeySyms() in X.Org X Server before 21.1.25 and XWayland before 24.1.14 could be used by authenticated X clients to leak small amounts of information from X server memory or potentially crash the X server.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-28 17:18:53.340000
Last modified
2026-10-29 15:04:37.187000
View original CVE JSON
{
  "id": "CVE-2026-93524",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-28T17:18:53.340",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-29T15:04:37.187",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "A buffer overread in CheckKeySyms() in X.Org X Server before 21.1.25 and XWayland before 24.1.14 could be used by authenticated X clients to leak small amounts of information from X server memory or potentially crash the X server."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "x.org",
          "product": "xorg-x11-server",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageName": "xorg-x11-server",
          "repo": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "21.1.25",
              "versionType": "rpm",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "x.org",
          "product": "xwayland",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageName": "xwayland",
          "repo": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "24.1.14",
              "versionType": "rpm",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV40": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "4.0",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
          "baseScore": 6.9,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackRequirements": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
          "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "confidentialityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Primary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-126"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/cea71d0273e4d5092aa9c6a8a770734c8935c02e",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}