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HistoryDec 09, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

X.Org Server XkbSetMap Out-Of-Bounds Access Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

2020-12-0900:00:00
Jan-Niklas Sohn
www.zerodayinitiative.com
35

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

16.1%

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of X.Org Server. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of XkbSetMap requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory access past the end of an allocated data structure. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of root.