cve-2020-25712
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-12-15 16:52
Modified
2024-08-04 15:40
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.09% (0.27335)
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1887276Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-December/003066.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1887276Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-December/003066.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a xorg-x11-server Version: xorg-x11-server 1.20.10
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