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CVE-2015-0255

xorg-x11-server: information leak in the XkbSetGeometry request of X servers

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

3.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 10, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the X.Org server handled XkbGetGeometry requests. A malicious, authorized client could use this flaw to disclose portions of the X.Org server memory, or cause the X.Org server to crash using a specially crafted XkbGetGeometry request.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 3.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read