CVE-2026-93517

X.Org Server GLX RenderLarge Heap Buffer Overflow

HIGH
8.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 28, 2026 at 01:16 PM UTC
Updated: October 28, 2026 at 03:21 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsXwaylandXorg X11-server

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Severity
HIGH8.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

A heap buffer overflow in handling GLX RenderLarge request where dataBytes exceeds cmdlen in X.org X server before 21.1.25 and XWayland before 24.1.14 that could be be triggered by an authenticated X client could cause crashes or code execution in X server context.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions

Remediation

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CVSS

8.5HIGHsuse
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-122

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