A flaw was found in X.Org Server before xorg-x11-server 1.20.9. An Integer underflow leading to heap-buffer overflow may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1419/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4488-2/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-01
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-August/003058.html