CVE-2024-9632 - X.org Server Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CVE ID : CVE-2024-9632
Published : Oct. 30, 2024, 8:15 a.m. | 24 minutes ago
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.
Severity: 7.8 | HIGH
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