PT-2026-46939 · X.Org Foundation+1 · Xwayland+2

CVE-2026-50259

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Published

2026-04-20

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Updated

2026-07-27

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions X.Org X server (affected versions not specified) Xwayland (affected versions not specified)
Description A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the X.Org X server and Xwayland. The function XkbSetMapChecks() declares a fixed-size stack buffer mapWidths[256] indexed by key type index. The helper function CheckKeyTypes() writes to this buffer at an offset controlled by the client, which can lead to a stack buffer overflow. This may result in a server crash or privilege escalation if the X server is running as root.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

LPE

Stack Overflow

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2026:26562
ALSA-2026:26590
ALSA-2026:26610
ALSA-2026:26709
ALSA-2026:28923
ALSA-2026:29844
BDU:2026-08145
CVE-2026-50259
ECHO-0B10-5ABB-EC85
OESA-2026-2681
ZDI-26-393

Affected Products

Rocky Linux
X.Org Server
Xwayland