RHSA-2020:5408 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · December 15, 2020

Updated · June 27, 2026

Topic

An update for xorg-x11-server is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

X.Org is an open-source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon.

Security Fix(es):

  • xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds access in XkbSetMap function (CVE-2020-14360)

  • xorg-x11-server: XkbSetDeviceInfo heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-25712)

  • xorg-x11-server: Leak of uninitialized heap memory from the X server to clients in AllocatePixmap of dix/pixmap.c (CVE-2020-14347)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2020:5408 — Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server security update | PulseLinux