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vulnerabilityCVE-2025-26596
Name
CVE-2025-26596
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
A heap overflow flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The computation of the length in XkbSizeKeySyms() differs from what is written in XkbWriteKeySyms(), which may lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-

Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
xserver-xorg
Patched
xwayland
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#


7.8
CVSSv31
7.8
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
24.1.12
Not Affected
buildroot
master
24.1.12
Not Affected
yocto
master
21.1.23
Not Affected
yocto
master
24.1.12
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
21.1.18
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
23.2.5
Patched

Resolved with patches#


xserver-xorg (yocto:kirkstone)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
xkb: Fix computation of XkbSizeKeySyms
Olivier Fourdan <ofourdan@redhat.com>
CVE-2025-26596

xwayland (yocto:kirkstone)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
xkb: Fix computation of XkbSizeKeySyms
Olivier Fourdan <ofourdan@redhat.com>
CVE-2025-26596

xwayland (yocto:scarthgap)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
xkb: Fix computation of XkbSizeKeySyms
Olivier Fourdan <ofourdan@redhat.com>
CVE-2025-26596