CVE-2024-9632

NameCVE-2024-9632
DescriptionA flaw was found in the X.org server. Due to improperly tracked allocation size in _XkbSetCompatMap, a local attacker may be able to trigger a buffer overflow condition via a specially crafted payload, leading to denial of service or local privilege escalation in distributions where the X.org server is run with root privileges.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3940-1, DSA-5800-1, ELA-1223-1
Debian Bugs1086244, 1086245

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xorg-server (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:1.16.4-1+deb8u17fixed
stretch (security)2:1.19.2-1+deb9u9vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch2:1.19.2-1+deb9u20fixed
buster, buster (lts)2:1.20.4-1+deb10u15fixed
buster (security)2:1.20.4-1+deb10u14vulnerable
bullseye2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13vulnerable
bullseye (security)2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8fixed
sid, trixie2:21.1.14-2fixed
xwayland (PTS)bookworm2:22.1.9-1vulnerable
sid, trixie2:24.1.4-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xorg-serversourcejessie2:1.16.4-1+deb8u17ELA-1223-1
xorg-serversourcestretch2:1.19.2-1+deb9u20ELA-1223-1
xorg-serversourcebuster2:1.20.4-1+deb10u15ELA-1223-1
xorg-serversourcebullseye2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14DLA-3940-1
xorg-serversourcebookworm2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8DSA-5800-1
xorg-serversource(unstable)2:21.1.13-3.11086244
xwaylandsource(unstable)2:24.1.4-11086245

Notes

[bookworm] - xwayland <ignored> (Minor issue; Xwayland shouldn't be running as root)
Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/85b776571487f52e756f68a069c768757369bfe3
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2024-October/003545.html

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