CVE-2025-26595 – X.Org and Xwayland Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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CVE-2025-26595 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Feb. 25, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A buffer overflow flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The code in XkbVModMaskText() allocates a fixed-sized buffer on the stack and copies the names of the virtual modifiers to that buffer. The code fails to check the bounds of the buffer and would copy the data regardless of the size.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-121
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-26595
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345257
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