Description
A heap buffer overflow caused by a XIPassiveUngrabDevice request with an out-of-range modifier value in X.Org X Server before 21.1.15 and XWayland before 24.1.14 could be used by authenticated X clients to crash or potentially execute code in X server context.
Published: 2026-10-28
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server. A local authenticated client can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted input device ungrab request with an unvalidated modifier value. This lack of validation causes the server to perform an out-of-bounds write on the heap, resulting in memory corruption that can lead to a denial of service (DoS) or potential arbitrary code execution. A heap buffer overflow caused by a XIPassiveUngrabDevice request with an out-of-range modifier value in X.Org X Server before 21.1.15 and XWayland before 24.1.14 could be used by authenticated X clients to crash or potentially execute code in X server context.
Title xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds write via unvalidated modifier in ProcXIPassiveUngrabDevice X.Org Server XInput2 PassiveUngrabDevice Out-of-Bounds Write
First Time appeared X.org xorg-x11-server
X.org xwayland
Weaknesses CWE-122
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-x11-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org xorg-x11-server
X.org xwayland
References

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared X.org
X.org x Server
Vendors & Products X.org
X.org x Server

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server. A local authenticated client can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted input device ungrab request with an unvalidated modifier value. This lack of validation causes the server to perform an out-of-bounds write on the heap, resulting in memory corruption that can lead to a denial of service (DoS) or potential arbitrary code execution.
Title xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds write via unvalidated modifier in ProcXIPassiveUngrabDevice
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Subscriptions

X.org X Server Xorg-x11-server Xwayland
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-28T16:16:42.058Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T08:46:56.692Z

Link: CVE-2026-93523

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-28T17:18:53.220

Modified: 2026-10-28T17:18:53.220

Link: CVE-2026-93523

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-07T12:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-93523 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-28T17:45:02Z

Weaknesses