CVE-2025-26600

CWE-416 — Use After Free11 documents9 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
X.org X ServerX.org XwaylandRedhat Enterprise Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 25
Latest updateMar 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDx.org/xwayland< 24.1.6
▶Debianxwayland< 2:24.1.6-1+1
▶NVDx.org/x_server< 21.1.16
▶Debianxorg-server< 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u15+3

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-7q4p-93g6-4wf9: A use-after-free flaw was found in X↗2025-02-25
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OSV
CVE-2025-26600: A use-after-free flaw was found in X↗2025-02-25
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CVEList
Xorg: xwayland: use-after-free in playreleasedevents()↗2025-02-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
X.Org X Server regression↗2025-03-17
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Ubuntu
X.Org X Server vulnerabilities↗2025-03-10
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BSD
OpenBSD 7.5 Errata 018: SECURITY FIX↗2025-02-25
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Ubuntu
X.Org X Server vulnerabilities↗2025-02-25
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Red Hat
xorg: xwayland: Use-after-free in PlayReleasedEvents()↗2025-02-25
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