CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-88812

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.19%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

A double free in XKB SetGeometry in X.Org X Server before 21.1.25 and X Wayland before 24.1.14 could be used by attached clients to cause a crash or potentially execute code in the X server context.

Risk Assessment

A malicious X client could crash the graphical server or potentially execute code with its privileges, affecting all graphical sessions on the host.

Recommendation

Update X.Org X Server to version 21.1.25 or later and X Wayland to version 24.1.14 or later.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A double free in XKB SetGeometryin X.Org X Server before 21.1.25 and X Wayland before 24.1.14 could be used by attached clients to cause a crash or potentially code in the x server context.

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