A buffer overflow flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The code in XkbVModMaskText() allocates a fixed-sized buffer on the stack and copies the names of the virtual modifiers to that buffer. The code fails to check the bounds of the buffer and would copy the data regardless of the size.
History

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
References

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Tigervnc
Tigervnc tigervnc
X.org
X.org x Server
X.org xwayland
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Tigervnc
Tigervnc tigervnc
X.org
X.org x Server
X.org xwayland

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

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Description A buffer overflow flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The code in XkbVModMaskText() allocates a fixed-sized buffer on the stack and copies the names of the virtual modifiers to that buffer. The code fails to check the bounds of the buffer and would copy the data regardless of the size.
Title Xorg: xwayland: buffer overflow in xkbvmodmasktext()
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-121
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2025-02-25T15:54:06.708Z

Updated: 2025-03-10T12:58:39.566Z

Reserved: 2025-02-12T14:12:22.795Z

Link: CVE-2025-26595

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-25T20:05:14.099Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-02-25T16:15:38.390

Modified: 2025-03-10T13:15:35.167

Link: CVE-2025-26595

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-02-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-26595 - Bugzilla