A flaw was identified in the X.Org X server’s X Keyboard (Xkb) extension where improper bounds checking in the XkbSetCompatMap() function…
CVE-2025-62231
A flaw was identified in the X.Org X server’s X Keyboard (Xkb) extension where improper bounds checking in the XkbSetCompatMap() function can cause an unsigned short overflow. If an attacker sends specially crafted input data, the value calculation may overflow, leading to memory corruption or a crash.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 7.3 (v3.1)
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 30 October 2025
- Last updated
- 5 November 2026
- Affected
- Red Hat · X.org · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Assigner
- redhat
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
At the source
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19432
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19433
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19434
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19435
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19489
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19623
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19909
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20958
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20960
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20961
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21035
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22040
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