CVE-2024-9632

high

Published 2024-11-20 · Modified 2024-11-13

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.0

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	`tigervnc-server-module-1.14.1-1.el9_5.aarch64.rpm`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2:21.1.13-3.1`
sid	Fixed	`2:21.1.13-3.1`
forky	Fixed	`2:21.1.13-3.1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14`
bookworm	Fixed	`2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8`

Red Hat Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

Rocky Linux Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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