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CVE-2024-9632

HIGH

7.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published10/30/2024

Last Modified8/4/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10090(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8798(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9540(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9579(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9601(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9690(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9816(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9818(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9819(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9820(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9901(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12751(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7163(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7165(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7458(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9632(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317233(secalert@redhat.com)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/20(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/29/2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00031.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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