PT-2019-15234

CVE-2019-17624

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Published

2019-06-03

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Updated

2020-08-24

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV: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 version 1.20.4
Description A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the XQueryKeymap function. This can be triggered by sending a large number of ct.c char requests, potentially causing a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.
Recommendations For X.Org X Server version 1.20.4, consider applying a patch or update to fix the buffer overflow issue in the XQueryKeymap function. As a temporary workaround, restrict the input to the XQueryKeymap function to prevent excessive ct.c char requests.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2019-1984
ALT-PU-2019-2671
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