Description
A malicious X server could exploit a buffer overflow in libX11 before 1.8.14 during handling of XkbGetMap overflowing the key_sym_map.
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History
Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | A malicious X server could exploit a buffer overflow in libX11 before 1.8.14 during handling of XkbGetMap overflowing the key_sym_map. | |
| Title | libX11 XkbGetMap Reply Heap-based Buffer Overflow | |
| First Time appeared |
X.org
X.org libx11 |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-122 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
X.org
X.org libx11 |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: suse
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-21T14:48:16.632Z
Reserved: 2026-09-10T08:35:07.010Z
Link: CVE-2026-88806
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-21T14:17:22.273
Modified: 2026-09-21T14:17:22.273
Link: CVE-2026-88806
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
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CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow