CVE-2021-3472
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server in versions before 1.20.11. An integer underflow can occur in xserver which can lead to a local privilege escalation. The highest threat from this vulnerability is
02 Description
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server in versions before 1.20.11. An integer underflow can occur in xserver which can lead to a local privilege escalation. The highest threat from this vulnerability is
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 64.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-04-26 14:29Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 16:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-03-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-191Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1cb9abb2bdda880f1c3895f82278ec9f46dbd2de2903a8d74249dd1d101b1ae1
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210413 X.Org server security advisory: April 13, 2021http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/13/1
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210415 [SECURITY] [DLA 2627-1] xorg-server security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00013.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-139f3fc21chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO6S5OPXUDYBSRSVWVLFLJ6AFERG4HNY/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4893https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4893
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-0e2981e013https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PEXPCLMVU25AUZTUXC4MYBGPKOAIM5TW/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-112d542766https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDF7TAJE7NPZPNVOXSD5HBIFLNPUOD2V/
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-463/
- lists.x.orghttps://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-April/003080.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-f7b4c97879https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N63KL3T22HNFT4FJ7VMVF6U5Q4RFJIQF/
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1944167
- seclists.orghttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q2/20
- www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/148701
- gitlab.freedesktop.orghttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/7aaf54a1884f71dc363f0b884e57bcb67407a6cd
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202104-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-02
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- xorg-server Fixed in 1.20.11-1
- xorg-xwayland Fixed in 21.1.1-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.20.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.20.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.20.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12
- xorg-server-hwe-16.04 Fixed in 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.9
- xorg-server-hwe-18.04 Fixed in 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.2~20.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.11+esm4Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.