An out-of-bounds read in libXi's XI2 XIQueryDevice reply parsing in libXi before 1.8.4 can be used by a malicious X server to crash an attached X client.

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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description An out-of-bounds read in libXi's XI2 XIQueryDevice reply parsing in libXi before 1.8.4 can be used by a malicious X server to crash an attached X client.
Title Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XI2 XIQueryDevice reply parsing
First Time appeared X.org
X.org libxi
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org
X.org libxi
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-24T17:16:35.659Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T09:08:10.295Z

Link: CVE-2026-93544

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-24T17:16:32.510Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-24T17:17:10.430

Modified: 2026-09-24T18:19:07.740

Link: CVE-2026-93544

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-24T19:45:17Z

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