🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-109090

HIGH 7.5

libXi XGetDeviceControl DEVICE_ENABLE Heap Buffer Overflow

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A malicious X server could cause a heap overflow by injecting a large DEVICE_ENABLE reply when processed by libXi before 1.8.4.

CWE CWE-122
Vendor x.org
Product libxi
Published Oct 27, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

x.org / libXi
0 < 1.8.4

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
gitlab.freedesktop.org: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxi/-/commit/4eb9f70b6

Credits

Adam Bedard