CVE-2026-50258

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland. The X server has multiple stack buffers sized XkbMaxShiftLevel XkbNumKbdGroups but CheckKeyTypes does not verify or clamp non-canonical key types to XkbMaxShiftLevel. A client can change key types to excessive shift...

xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Information exposure and denial of service via out-of-bounds memory access

A flaw was found in the X.Org X server's XKB key types request validation. A local attacker could send a specially crafted request to the X server, leading to an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability. This could result in the disclosure of sensitive information or cause the server to crash,...

xwayland: xorg: X.Org X server: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read in XKB geometry processing.

A flaw was found in the X.Org X server. This out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the XKB geometry processing, specifically within the CheckSetGeom and XkbAddGeomKeyAlias functions, allows an attacker to read uninitialized or out-of-bounds memory. An attacker with a connection to the X11 server,...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: tigervnc security update

An update for tigervnc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common...

xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Use-after-free vulnerability leads to server crash and potential memory corruption

A flaw was found in the X.Org X server. This use-after-free vulnerability occurs in the XSYNC fence triggering logic, specifically within the miSyncTriggerFence function. An attacker with access to the X11 server can exploit this without user interaction, leading to a server crash and potentially...

xwayland: xorg: X.Org X server: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read in XKB geometry processing.

A flaw was found in the X.Org X server. This out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the XKB geometry processing, specifically within the CheckSetGeom and XkbAddGeomKeyAlias functions, allows an attacker to read uninitialized or out-of-bounds memory. An attacker with a connection to the X11 server,...

xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Information disclosure or Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in XKB modifier map handling

A flaw was found in the X.Org X server. This vulnerability, an out-of-bounds read, affects the XKB X Keyboard Extension modifier map handling. An attacker with access to the X11 server can exploit this by sending a malformed request, which causes the server to read beyond its intended memory...

xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Use-after-free vulnerability leads to server crash and potential memory corruption

A flaw was found in the X.Org X server. This use-after-free vulnerability occurs in the XSYNC fence triggering logic, specifically within the miSyncTriggerFence function. An attacker with access to the X11 server can exploit this without user interaction, leading to a server crash and potentially...

TencentOS Server 3: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (TSSA-2026:0351)

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2026:0351 advisory. Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities...

EUVD-2026-27341

A flaw was found in the X.Org X server. This out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the XKB geometry processing, specifically within the CheckSetGeom and XkbAddGeomKeyAlias functions, allows an attacker to read uninitialized or out-of-bounds memory. An attacker with a connection to the X11 server,...

ALSA-2026:13414 Important: tigervnc security update

Virtual Network Computing VNC is a remote display system which allows users to view a computing desktop environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. TigerVNC is a suite of VNC servers and clients...

Important: tigervnc security update

Virtual Network Computing VNC is a remote display system which allows users to view a computing desktop environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. TigerVNC is a suite of VNC servers and clients...

XKB Component Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the XkbSetCompatMap function in the XKB component of the Wayland protocol implementation for X.Org XWaylan, as well as in the X.Org Server implementation of the X Window System, is related to a numerical reduction in significance. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an...

CVE-2026-34003 Xorg: xwayland: x.org x server: information exposure and denial of service via out-of-bounds memory access

A flaw was found in the X.Org X server's XKB key types request validation. A local attacker could send a specially crafted request to the X server, leading to an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability. This could result in the disclosure of sensitive information or cause the server to crash,...

PT-2026-46938

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions X.Org X server affected versions not specified Xwayland affected versions not specified Description A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the X.Org X server and Xwayland. The issue occurs because the CheckKeyTypes function fails to verify or...

Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: xorg-x11-server (UTSA-2026-005920)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-005920 advisory. 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 vulnerabilit...

MiracleLinux 7 : tigervnc-1.8.0-25.el7, xorg-x11-server-1.20.4-23.el7 (AXSA:2023-5250:02)

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2023-5250:02 advisory. xorg-x11-server: X.Org Server Overlay Window Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2023-1393 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update

An update for xorg-x11-server-Xwayland is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severit...

xorg: xwayland: Use-after-free in Xkb client resource removal

A flaw was discovered in the X.Org X server’s X Keyboard Xkb extension when handling client resource cleanup. The software frees certain data structures without properly detaching related resources, leading to a use-after-free condition. This can cause memory corruption or a crash when affected...

xorg: xwayland: Use-after-free in Xkb client resource removal

A flaw was discovered in the X.Org X server’s X Keyboard Xkb extension when handling client resource cleanup. The software frees certain data structures without properly detaching related resources, leading to a use-after-free condition. This can cause memory corruption or a crash when affected...