CVE-2026-93517

Public on 2026-10-09
Modified on 2026-10-09
Description
In the GLX RenderLarge request handling, the buffer is allocated to the size of cmdlen but the subsequent memcpy copies dataBytes into it. There is no validation that dataBytes is less than or equal to cmdlen, allowing an attacker to write past the end of the allocated buffer.

An authenticated X client can trigger this by sending a crafted GLX RenderLarge request where dataBytes exceeds cmdlen, causing a heap buffer overflow.
The heap buffer overflow can lead to arbitrary code execution or denial of service.

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2026-October/003747.html
NOTE: Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/3961cdca467975a7d377f1f7bcd55d52eb3f417a (xorg-server-21.1.25)
Severity
Important severity
Important
See what this means
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core tigervnc 2026-10-24 ALAS2-2026-4013 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 tigervnc 2026-10-24 ALAS2023-2026-3262 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core wayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 wayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview wayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 xisxwayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview xisxwayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core xorg-x11-server 2026-10-24 ALAS2-2026-4014 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 xorg-x11-server 2026-10-24 ALAS2023-2026-3260 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 xorg-x11-server-Xwayland 2026-10-24 ALAS2023-2026-3261 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview xorg-x11-server-Xwayland 2026-10-26 ALAS2027-2026-226 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview xwayland-run Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H