CVE-2024-21885 (GCVE-0-2024-21885)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-28 12:11
Modified
2025-08-13 13:36
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Summary
A flaw was found in X.Org server. In the XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent function, it is possible to exceed the allocated array length when certain new device IDs are added to the xXIHierarchyInfo struct. This can trigger a heap buffer overflow condition, which may lead to an application crash or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.
References
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0557
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0558
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0597
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0607
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0614
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0617
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0621
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0626
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0629
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12751
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-21885
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256540
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0557
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0558
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0597
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0607
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0614
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0617
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0621
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0626
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0629
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-21885
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256540
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240503-0004/
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support Unaffected: 0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9   < *
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