Vulnerability · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Assigned by suse

CVE-2026-94285Out-of-bounds read in libX11's byte-oriented codeset parser

Medium 5.1

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in libX11 from x.org. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An out-of-bounds read in libX11's byte-oriented codeset parser in libX11 before 1.8.14 could be used by malicious X servers to crash attached X clients.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.24libx111.8.14-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-94285
Debian:12libx11no fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-94285
Debian:13libx11no fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-94285
Debian:14libx112:1.8.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-94285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlibx112:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.4UBUNTU-CVE-2026-94285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlibx112:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.4USN-8913-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibx112:1.8.7-1ubuntu0.1USN-8913-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibx112:1.8.7-1ubuntu0.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-94285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlibx112:1.8.13-1ubuntu0.1USN-8913-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlibx112:1.8.13-1ubuntu0.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-94285
Ubuntu:26.10libx11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-94285

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
x.org libX11 0 – before 1.8.14

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

References