7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-109903
X.Org Server XvQueryImageAttributes Negative Size Reply
Description

A buffer overread caused by casting a negative integer to CARD32 in XvQueryImageAttributes in X.Org X Server before 21.1.26 and xwayland before 24.1.15 could be used to causes crashes by authenticated X clients.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 13, 2026, 11:17 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 13, 2026, 11:17 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

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Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 X.org xwayland
2 X.org xorg-x11-server
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 404e59f5-483d-4b8a-8e7a-e67604dd8afb
CVSS 3.1 HIGH MITRE-CVE
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update X.Org X Server and xwayland to the latest versions to fix buffer overread.
  • Update X.Org X Server to version 21.1.26 or later.
  • Update xwayland to version 24.1.15 or later.
  • Apply relevant security patches.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/a11d070e4ea78c6c97a7e88c57277d766cd9050b
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 13, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A buffer overread caused by casting a negative integer to CARD32 in XvQueryImageAttributes in X.Org X Server before 21.1.26 and xwayland before 24.1.15 could be used to causes crashes by authenticated X clients.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-191
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/109xxx/CVE-2026-109903.json">CVE-2026-109903</a>
    Added Reference https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/a11d070e4ea78c6c97a7e88c57277d766cd9050b
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