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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
xwayland
Patched
tigervnc
Not Affected

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
kirkstone
1.11.0
Not Affected
yocto
kirkstone
22.1.8
Patched
yocto
master
1.16.2
Not Affected
yocto
master
24.1.12
Not Affected

Resolved with patches#


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