CVE-2020-25712

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-25712
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-15 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-16 21:42:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-122

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application X.org X Server All All All All
Application X.org X Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1887276 – (CVE-2020-25712) CVE-2020-25712 xorg-x11-server: XkbSetDeviceInfo heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
X.Org server security advisory: December 1, 2020 MISC lists.x.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159217 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for userspace graphics, xorg-x11, and mesa (ELSA-2021-1804)
  • 178657 Debian Security Update for caribou (DLA 2675-1)
  • 239300 Red Hat Update for userspace graphics, xorg-x11, and mesa (RHSA-2021:1804)
  • 377052 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0192)
  • 377380 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for userspace graphics, xorg-x11, and mesa (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0087)
  • 377568 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for userspace graphics, xorg-x11, and mesa (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0114)
  • 500822 Alpine Linux Security Update for xorg-server
  • 670935 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2021-1019)
  • 690428 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for xorg-server (76c8b690-340b-11eb-a2b7-54e1ad3d6335)
  • 730228 McAfee Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities (WP-3445, WP-3483, WP-3527, WP-3528, WP-3547, WP-3584,WP-3589,WP-3611)
  • 750510 OpenSUSE Security Update for xorg-x11-server (openSUSE-SU-2020:2186-1)
  • 750522 OpenSUSE Security Update for xorg-x11-server (openSUSE-SU-2020:2147-1)
  • 940098 AlmaLinux Security Update for userspace (ALSA-2021:1804)
  • 960449 Rocky Linux Security Update for userspace (RLSA-2021:1804)
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