Security Advisory

CVE-2024-9632

7.8
HIGH

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date October 30, 2024
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory