GHSA-rq5m-5v65-q84q

GHSA-rq5m-5v65-q84q PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022

Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) MakeBigReq and (2) SetReqLen macros in include/X11/Xlibint.h in X11R6.x and libX11 before 1.6.0 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted request, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

9.300000190734863

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

May 17, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)

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