The vulnerability of the XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent function in the Wayland protocol for X.Org XWayland, which is part of the X Window System X.Org Server, allows a attacker to trigger a service failure or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent function in the Wayland protocol implementation for X.Org XWayland is related to buffer overflow attacks. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure or execute arbitrary code...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server security update

An update for xorg-x11-server is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilit...

USN-6587-2: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities

USN-6587-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled memory when processing the DeviceFocusEvent and...

CVE-2024-21885

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 remo...

CVE-2024-21885

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 remo...