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X.Org Server XKB SetMap Key Width/Action Count Desync Out-Of-Bounds Read

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

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.

Products
xorg-x11-server, xwayland
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-93524
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 17:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

X.Org Server XKB SetMap Key Width/Action Count Desync Out-Of-Bounds Read

core-cve · Original source

Published 28 Oct 2026, 16:24 UTC

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.

cve:CVE-2026-93524

xorg-x11-server

Fixed versions: Not specified

xwayland

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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