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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-88806
A malicious X server could exploit a buffer overflow in libX11 before 1.8.14 during handling of XkbGetMap overflowing the key_sym_map.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A malicious X server could exploit a buffer overflow in libX11 before 1.8.14 during handling of XkbGetMap overflowing the key_sym_map.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
libx11
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13
libx11
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14
libx11
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org