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CVE-2024-21885 affecting package wayland 1.22.0-1

Type: advisorySources: OSV

A flaw was found in X.Org server. In the XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent function, it is possible to exceed the allocated array length when certain new device IDs are added to the xXIHierarchyInfo struct. This can trigger a heap buffer overflow condition, which may lead to an application crash or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.

Products
wayland
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2024-21885
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 17:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2024-21885 affecting package wayland 1.22.0-1

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Feb 2024, 13:15 UTC

A flaw was found in X.Org server. In the XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent function, it is possible to exceed the allocated array length when certain new device IDs are added to the xXIHierarchyInfo struct. This can trigger a heap buffer overflow condition, which may lead to an application crash or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.

osv:AZL-110537

wayland

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-110537",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2024-21885 affecting package wayland 1.22.0-1",
    "summary": "A flaw was found in X.Org server. In the XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent function, it is possible to exceed the allocated array length when certain new device IDs are added to the xXIHierarchyInfo struct. This can trigger a heap buffer overflow condition, which may lead to an application crash or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.",
    "evidence": "osv:AZL-110537",
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      "modified": "2026-10-27T05:36:16Z",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 460641,
  "published_at": "2024-02-28T13:15:08+00:00"
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