Description
A buffer overflow in handling EDID Display-Range descriptors in X.Org xwayland before 24.1.15 and X Server before 21.1.26 could be used by malicious monitors to crash the x server or execute cote.
Published: 2026-11-13
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Description A buffer overflow in handling EDID Display-Range descriptors in X.Org xwayland before 24.1.15 and X Server before 21.1.26 could be used by malicious monitors to crash the x server or execute cote.
Title X.Org Server EDID DS_RANGES Out-Of-Bounds Write
First Time appeared X.org
X.org xorg-x11-server
X.org xwayland
Weaknesses CWE-122
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-x11-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org
X.org xorg-x11-server
X.org xwayland
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Subscriptions

X.org Xorg-x11-server Xwayland
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-13T16:07:23.755Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T06:41:23.778Z

Link: CVE-2026-109091

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-13T16:17:25.453

Modified: 2026-11-13T17:17:17.017

Link: CVE-2026-109091

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