FKIE_CVE-2024-9632

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-10-30 08:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:24
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A flaw was found in the X.org server. Due to improperly tracked allocation size in _XkbSetCompatMap, a local attacker may be able to trigger a buffer overflow condition via a specially crafted payload, leading to denial of service or local privilege escalation in distributions where the X.org server is run with root privileges.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10090
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8798
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9540
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9579
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9601
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9690
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9816
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9818
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9819
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9820
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9901
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12751
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7163
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7165
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7458
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9632
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317233
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/20
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/29/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00031.html
Impacted products
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T08:24:57.190",
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