Description
A use after free caused by missing lifecycle management of gesture sprites in GestureBuildSprite() in X.Org X Server before 21.1.25 and XWayland before 24.1.14 could be used by authenticated X clients to crash the X server or potentially execute code.
Published: 2026-10-28
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in the X.Org Server. When a window is removed during an active gesture, the server fails to clean up references to the destroyed window in its gesture tracking data. A local attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a use-after-free condition—where the system accesses memory after it has been released—potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure or a denial of service (DoS). A use after free caused by missing lifecycle management of gesture sprites in GestureBuildSprite() in X.Org X Server before 21.1.25 and XWayland before 24.1.14 could be used by authenticated X clients to crash the X server or potentially execute code.
Title xorg-x11-server: GestureBuildSprite Use-After-Free X.Org Server GestureBuildSprite Use-After-Free
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

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:15:00 +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 the X.Org Server. When a window is removed during an active gesture, the server fails to clean up references to the destroyed window in its gesture tracking data. A local attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a use-after-free condition—where the system accesses memory after it has been released—potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure or a denial of service (DoS).
Title xorg-x11-server: GestureBuildSprite Use-After-Free
Weaknesses CWE-825
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low


Subscriptions

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

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-28T16:33:33.815Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T09:08:10.294Z

Link: CVE-2026-93536

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-28T17:18:53.463

Modified: 2026-10-28T17:18:53.463

Link: CVE-2026-93536

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2026-93536 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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

Weaknesses