Vulnerability CVE-2020-25712


Published: 2020-12-15

Description:
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.10. A heap-buffer overflow in XkbSetDeviceInfo may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Type:

CWE-122

(Heap-based Buffer Overflow)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
X.org -> X server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1887276
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-December/003066.html

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