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,...

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...

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: 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: 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: 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...

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

A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in miSyncDestroyFence. A client that sets up multiple fence triggers can trigger a use-after-free function pointer call. An attacker would connect to the X server to set up a fence and await that fence, then a second X connection...

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

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

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...

CVE-2026-55999

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 XKB key types due to unchecked shift levels

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-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: stack buffer overflow in XKB key types due to unchecked shift levels

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-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: use-after-free information disclosure in CreateSaverWindow()

A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in CreateSaverWindow. A client can trigger a use-after-free read after changing window attributes and forcing the screen saver, leading to information disclosure...

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

A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in miSyncDestroyFence. A client that sets up multiple fence triggers can trigger a use-after-free function pointer call. An attacker would connect to the X server to set up a fence and await that fence, then a second X connection...

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: stack buffer overflow in XKB SetMap request via mapWidths indexing

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland. XkbSetMapChecks declares a fixed-size stack buffer mapWidths256 indexed by key type index. The helper function CheckKeyTypes writes to this buffer at a client-controlled offset, allowing a stack buffer overflow. This...

xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: use-after-free information disclosure in CreateSaverWindow()

A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in CreateSaverWindow. A client can trigger a use-after-free read after changing window attributes and forcing the screen saver, leading to information disclosure...

xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: stack buffer overflow in XKB key types due to unchecked shift levels

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...