Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting xorg-server package, versions [,24.1.6)
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- published26 Feb 2025
- disclosed25 Feb 2025
- creditJan-Niklas Sohn
Introduced: 25 Feb 2025
CVE-2025-26595 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade xorg-server to version 24.1.6 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow due to improper bounds checking in XkbVModMaskText(). The function allocates a fixed-size buffer on the stack to store virtual modifier names but fails to validate the buffer size before copying data