High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 25, 2025· Updated Apr 6, 2026
CVE-2025-26596
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.
Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
18- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2500nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2502nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2861nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2862nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2865nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2866nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2873nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2874nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2875nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2879nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2880nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-26596nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3976nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7163nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7165nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7458nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00036.htmlnvd
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