PT-2026-46944 · X.Org Foundation+1 · Xwayland+2

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CVE-2026-50264

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Published

2026-04-20

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Updated

2026-07-13

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 An out-of-bounds write flaw exists in the X.Org X server and Xwayland within the DRIGetBuffers() and DRIGetBuffersWithFormat() functions. A client can trigger an out-of-bounds heap write by requesting multiple DRI2BufferBackLeft attachments and one DRI2BufferFrontLeft. This condition may lead to a server crash or privilege escalation if the X server is running with root privileges.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

LPE

Memory Corruption

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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:2026-08150
CVE-2026-50264
ECHO-A95D-8D64-41F1
OESA-2026-2681

Affected Products

Rocky Linux
X.Org Server
Xwayland