CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-93523

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

A heap buffer overflow in X.Org X Server before 21.1.15 and XWayland before 24.1.14 is triggered by an XIPassiveUngrabDevice request with an out-of-range modifier value. An authenticated X client could exploit this to crash the X server or potentially execute code in the server context.

Risk Assessment

An authenticated X user could remotely (within an X session) crash the X server or execute arbitrary code, potentially leading to privilege escalation or confidentiality loss. The risk is significant in multi-user environments.

Recommendation

Update X.Org X Server to version 21.1.15 or later and XWayland to version 24.1.14 or later. Restrict access to the X server for untrusted clients.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A heap buffer overflow caused by a XIPassiveUngrabDevice request with an out-of-range modifier value in X.Org X Server before 21.1.15 and XWayland before 24.1.14 could be used by authenticated X clients to crash or potentially execute code in X server context.

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