Name
CVE-2025-26596
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
-
Advisories
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2500Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2502Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2861Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2862Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2865Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2866Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2873Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2874Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2875Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2879Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2880Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-26596Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345256Issue Tracking
Analysis#
Vulnerability Ratings#
7.8
CVSSv31
7.8
CVSSv31
NaN
other
Others affected components#
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