Description
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.10. A heap-buffer overflow in XkbSetDeviceInfo may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1887276
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-December/003066.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
32.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-122
Status
published
Products (2)
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
x.org/x_server
< 1.20.10
Published
Dec 15, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026