CVE-2026-93524
Received Received - Intake

Buffer Overread in X.Org X Server and XWayland

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-93524, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-10-28

Last updated on: 2026-10-28

Assigner: SUSE

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.

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Published
2026-10-28
Last Modified
2026-10-28
Generated
2026-10-28
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
NVD

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x.org xorg-x11-server 0
x.org xwayland 0

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CWE ID Description
CWE-126 The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer.

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