CVE-2024-9632
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2024-10-29 |
Description
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.
See more information about CVE-2024-9632 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.8 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality: | High |
| Integrity: | High |
| Availability: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (tigervnc) | ELSA-2024-9901 | 2024-12-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (tigervnc) | ELSA-2024-9540 | 2024-11-13 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (xorg-x11-server) | ELSA-2024-8798 | 2024-11-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (xorg-x11-server-Xwayland) | ELSA-2024-8798 | 2024-11-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (tigervnc) | ELSA-2024-10090 | 2024-11-20 |
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