High severity · published Dec 15, 2020
CVE-2020-25712
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.10
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.10. A heap-buffer overflow in XkbSetDeviceInfo may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
XS
X Server · X.org
before 1.20.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25712
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25712
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1887276
Mailing List
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-December/003066.html
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