CVE-2018-14665

CVE-2018-14665 0x00 Introduction Indian security researcher Narendra Shinde discovered a high-risk vulnerability CVE-2018-14665 in the X.Org Server package that allows a regular account to escalate privileges to root. It affects major Linux distributions including OpenBSD, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS,...

AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland / xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-devel (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1763124505)

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1763124505 advisory. - A flaw was found in X.Org server. Both DeviceFocusEvent and the XIQueryPointer reply contain a bit for each logical button currently down...

AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland / xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-devel Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1778110872)

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1778110872 advisory. - A flaw was found in the X.Org server. The GLX PBuffer code does not call the XACE hook when creating the buffer, leaving it...

AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland / xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-devel Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1763647564)

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1763647564 advisory. - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the X.Org server. This issue can be triggered when a device frozen by a sync grab...

AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: tigervnc / tigervnc-icons / tigervnc-license / tigervnc-selinux / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1744223313)

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1744223313 advisory. - A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's ProcXIGetSelectedEvents function. This issue occurs wh...

AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: tigervnc / tigervnc-icons / tigervnc-license / tigervnc-selinux / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1744632481)

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1744632481 advisory. - A use-after-free flaw was found in the xorg-x11-server. An X server crash may occur in a very specific and legacy configuration a...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in xorg-server

A flaw was discovered in the X.Org server. Both DeviceFocusEvent and XIQueryPointer responses contain a bit for each logical button that is currently active. Buttons can be arbitrarily mapped to any value up to 255, but the X.Org Server only allocates space for the specific number of buttons on...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in xorg-server

A heap buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the DisableDevice function of the X.Org server. This issue may cause an application to crash, or in some cases, lead to remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in xorg-server, xwayland

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the X.org server’s ProcXIGetSelectedEvents function. This issue occurs when length values that are swapped in bytes are used in replies, potentially leading to memory leakage and segmentation faults, especially when triggered by a clien...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: xorg-x11-server (UTSA-2022-000902)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2022-000902 advisory. A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in X.org Server. Affected by this issue is the function ProcXkbGetKbdByName of the file xkb/xkb....

xorg: X11: xserver: X.org: glamor Font Atlas Heap Buffer Overflow

A flaw was found in the glamorfontget function of the xorg-x11-server. This vulnerability, a heap buffer overflow, occurs when the server processes a specially crafted PCF font file where individual glyph metrics exceed the declared maximum bounds. An authenticated X client can exploit this by...

xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: stack buffer overflow in font alias resolution due to libXfont2 name length mismatch

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland. A mismatch between the X server and the libXfont2 library's maximum font name length can cause a stack buffer overflow during font alias resolution. The server allocates a 256 byte stack buffer but libXfont2's alias...

xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds heap write in DRI2 DRIGetBuffers/DRIGetBuffersWithFormat

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in DRIGetBuffers/DRIGetBuffersWithFormat. A client that requests multiple DRI2BufferBackLeft attachments and one DRI2BufferFrontLeft can trigger an out-of-bounds heap write. This may be used to crash the server, or for...

xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: use-after-free in SyncChangeCounter()

A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in SyncChangeCounter. A client that sets up multiple SyncCounters can trigger a use-after-free when destroying those counters via a second client connection while changing those counters. This may be used to crash the server, or f...

xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds heap write in DRI2 DRIGetBuffers/DRIGetBuffersWithFormat

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in DRIGetBuffers/DRIGetBuffersWithFormat. A client that requests multiple DRI2BufferBackLeft attachments and one DRI2BufferFrontLeft can trigger an out-of-bounds heap write. This may be used to crash the server, or for...

X.Org Server ComputeScaledProperties Heap-based Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of X.Org Server. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the...

X.Org Server BitmapScaleBitmaps Integer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of X.Org Server. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the BitmapScaleBitmaps...

X.Org Server PCF Font Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of X.Org Server. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the pcfReadFont functio...

X.Org Server Glamor Font Heap-based Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of X.Org Server. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the glamorfontget...

X.Org Server GLX Extension Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of X.Org Server. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the CommonMakeCurrent...