CVE-2024-21885

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Publication date:
28/02/2024
Last modified:
16/09/2024

Description

A flaw was found in X.Org server. In the XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent function, it is possible to exceed the allocated array length when certain new device IDs are added to the xXIHierarchyInfo struct. This can trigger a heap buffer overflow condition, which may lead to an application crash or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.