Description
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libX11's XIM (X Input Method) attribute parser in libX11 before 1.8.14 could be used by malicious X servers to crash attached X clients.
Published: 2026-09-28
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:45:00 +0000

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Description An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libX11's XIM (X Input Method) attribute parser in libX11 before 1.8.14 could be used by malicious X servers to crash attached X clients.
Title Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libX11's XIM (X Input Method) attribute parser
First Time appeared X.org
X.org libx11
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org
X.org libx11
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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X.org Libx11
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-28T08:34:14.230Z

Reserved: 2026-09-21T09:33:25.369Z

Link: CVE-2026-94283

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