# CVE-2021-4008: A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server in versions before 21.1.2 and before 1.20.14.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-17 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a xorg-x11-server: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server in versions before 21.1.2 and before 1.20.14. An out-of-bounds access can occur in the SProcRenderCompositeGlyphs function. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a xorg-x11-server, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-December/003122.html
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-December/003124.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDHYZM6FII35JA7J275MFCJO6ADJUPQX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T57DCF726O5LLTST4NBL5PQ7DLPB46HT/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1547/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5027
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00035.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NKLSZCY47QK4RCJFXITYFALCGPJAFXOK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXTRPFEQLFZ6NT2LPLZEID664RGC3OCC/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220114-0004/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30

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