CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-93517

HighCVSS 8.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.19%

9th percentile - higher than 9% of all known CVEs

Summary

A heap buffer overflow in handling GLX RenderLarge requests where dataBytes exceeds cmdlen exists in X.org X server before 21.1.25 and XWayland before 24.1.14. It can be triggered by an authenticated X client and cause crashes or code execution in the X server context.

Risk Assessment

An authenticated X client can trigger a buffer overflow leading to crashes or code execution in the X server context. Risk applies to workstations and servers running vulnerable X.org X server or XWayland versions.

Recommendation

Update X.org X server to version 21.1.25 or later and XWayland to version 24.1.14 or later.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A heap buffer overflow in handling GLX RenderLarge request where dataBytes exceeds cmdlen in X.org X server before 21.1.25 and XWayland before 24.1.14 that could be be triggered by an authenticated X client could cause crashes or code execution in X server context.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS