CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-93536

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

A use-after-free caused by missing lifecycle management of gesture sprites in GestureBuildSprite() exists in X.Org X Server before 21.1.25 and XWayland before 24.1.14. An authenticated X client could exploit it to crash the X server or potentially execute code.

Risk Assessment

This may lead to denial of service for all graphical sessions or, in the worst case, code execution in the context of the X server.

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 use after free caused by missing lifecycle management of gesture sprites in GestureBuildSprite() in X.Org X Server before 21.1.25 and XWayland before 24.1.14 could be used by authenticated X clients to crash the X server or potentially execute code.

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