cve-2024-21885
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-28 12:11
Modified
2024-11-06 14:55
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in xisenddevicehierarchyevent
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0557
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0558
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0597
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0607
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0614
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0617
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0621
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0626
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0629
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-21885
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256540
Impacted products
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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