CVE-2025-26600
Xorg: xwayland: use-after-free in playreleasedevents()
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
A use-after-free flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. When a device is removed while still frozen, the events queued for that device remain while the device is freed. Replaying the events will cause a use-after-free.
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of X.Org Server. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of device objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root.
Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered several vulnerabilities in the Xorg X server, which may result in privilege escalation if the X server is running privileged.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track*
Timeline
- 2025-02-12 CVE Reserved
- 2025-02-25 CVE Published
- 2025-03-11 EPSS Updated
- 2025-03-13 CVE Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
References (4)
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-26600 | 2025-02-25 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345252 | 2025-02-25 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2500 | 2025-03-10 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2502 | 2025-03-10 |
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Red Hat Search vendor "Red Hat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Red Hat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | * | - |
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Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | * | - |
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Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | * | - |
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Slackware Search vendor "Slackware" | Slackware Linux Search vendor "Slackware" for product "Slackware Linux" | * | - |
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