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CVE-2026-50259

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.17%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2026-06-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2026-50259
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.17%

Original NVD Description

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland. _XkbSetMapChecks() declares a fixed-size stack buffer mapWidths[256] indexed by key type index. The helper function CheckKeyTypes() writes to this buffer at a client-controlled offset, allowing a stack buffer overflow. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.

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