Privilege escalation

A flaw was found in X.Org Server before xorg-x11-server 1.20.9. An Out-Of-Bounds access in XkbSetNames function may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability...

USN-4488-2: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities

USN-4488-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update and also the update from USN-4490-1 for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled the input extension protocol. A local attack...

Privilege Escalation

xorg-server is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in X.Org Server through an Out-Of-Bounds access in the XkbSetNames function...