HIGHVulnerability

CVE-2026-50259

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland. _XkbSetMapChecks() declares a fixed-size stack buffer mapWidths[256] indexed by key type index. The helper function CheckKeyTypes() writes to this buffer at a client-controlled offset, allowing a stack buffer overflow. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.

Properties

severity
HIGH
score
7.8
cve_id
CVE-2026-50259
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
published_at
2026-06-05T12:16:39.240
last_modified
2026-08-05T13:23:31.677

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AFFECTS_PRODUCT (6)

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HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Stack-based Buffer Overflow

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

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