CVE-2020-25712

A 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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1887276	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-December/003066.html	Mailing List Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-12-15 17:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41

NVD link : CVE-2020-25712

Mitre link : CVE-2020-25712

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-25712

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

x.org

x_server

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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