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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 30, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-9632

CVE-2024-9632

Description

A flaw was found in the X.org server. Due to improperly tracked allocation size in _XkbSetCompatMap, a local attacker may be able to trigger a buffer overflow condition via a specially crafted payload, leading to denial of service or local privilege escalation in distributions where the X.org server is run with root privileges.

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