high7.8
CVE-2024-9632
A flaw was found in the X.org server.
Impact
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.
Affected packages
This record carries no package version data, so it cannot be matched against a dependency list automatically. Read the advisory and compare your version by hand.
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10090
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8798
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9540
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9579
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9601
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9690
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9816
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9818
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9819
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9820
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9901
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12751
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7163
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7165
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7458
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9632
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317233
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/20
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/29/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00031.html