FKIE_CVE-2015-0255
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-02-13 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:19
Severity
Summary
X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 and 1.17.x before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted string length value in a XkbSetGeometry request.
References
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