VYPR
High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 5, 2026· Updated Jun 8, 2026

CVE-2026-50259

CVE-2026-50259

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland. _XkbSetMapChecks() declares a fixed-size stack buffer mapWidths[256] indexed by key type index. The helper function CheckKeyTypes() writes to this buffer at a client-controlled offset, allowing a stack buffer overflow. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.

Affected products

21

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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News mentions

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