RHSA-2020:5408 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
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):
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xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds access in XkbSetMap function (CVE-2020-14360)
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xorg-x11-server: XkbSetDeviceInfo heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-25712)
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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.