CVE-2024-9632

Publication date 29 October 2024

Last updated 30 October 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

A 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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xorg 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
xorg-hwe-16.04 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
xorg-hwe-18.04 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
xorg-server 24.10 oracular
Fixed 2:21.1.13-2ubuntu1.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.12
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.18
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage
xorg-server-hwe-16.04 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
xorg-server-hwe-18.04 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
xwayland 24.10 oracular
Fixed 2:24.1.2-1ubuntu0.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2:23.2.6-1ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:22.1.1-1ubuntu0.14
20.04 LTS focal Not in release

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Notes

mdeslaur

xorg server is actually the xorg-server package the xorg package only contains docs xwayland package contains parts of xorg-server

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7085-1
    • X.Org X Server vulnerability
    • 30 October 2024
    • USN-7085-2
    • X.Org X Server vulnerability
    • 30 October 2024

Other references