CVE-2024-9632

high

Description

A flaw was found in the X.org server. Due to improperly tracked allocation size in _XkbSetCompatMap, a local attacker may be able to trigger a buffer overflow condition via a specially crafted payload, leading to denial of service or local privilege escalation in distributions where the X.org server is run with root privileges.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317233

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9632

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9601

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9579

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8798

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-10-30

Updated: 2024-11-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High