CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-26600

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in X.Org and Xwayland. When a device is removed while frozen, queued events remain after the device is freed. Replaying these events causes a use-after-free.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution or privilege escalation on systems running the X server.

Recommendation

Immediately update X.Org and Xwayland packages to the patched version.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A use-after-free flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. When a device is removed while still frozen, the events queued for that device remain while the device is freed. Replaying the events will cause a use-after-free.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS