CVE
X.Org xwayland denial of service in XvQueryImageAttributes
Affects X.Org xwayland before 24.1.15 and xorg-x11-server before 21.1.26. Fixed in xwayland 24.1.15 and xorg-x11-server 21.1.26.
Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in xwayland 24.1.15 · xorg-x11-server 21.1.26
- Who is exposed
- Specific setups only
Do first: Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs. The ddQueryImageAttributes driver hook overflows and returns a negative size.
- Published
- Last modified
- Whether it needs action now or is a reference record, by fixed rules, with why. Last checked is when cve.now last re-read it.What do these mean? →
- Reference
- Last checked
- FIRST's estimate of the chance attackers exploit it in the next 30 days, updated daily.What do these mean? →
- 0.18% · 8th percentile
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 13/100 · provisional
- How many real-world setups can hit the bug, from the vendor's advisory and CISA data. It does not know your setup.What do these mean? →
- Specific setups only
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
The X.Org Server and xwayland packages (including xorg-x11-server) contain a flaw in the XvQueryImageAttributes handling that causes a buffer overread. A local attacker who has low-privilege access, such as an authenticated X client, can use it to crash the server.
Read the original description
A buffer overread caused by casting a negative integer to CARD32 in XvQueryImageAttributes in X.Org X Server before 21.1.26 and xwayland before 24.1.15 could be used to causes crashes by authenticated X clients.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure5/25Specific setups only
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity7.8/10CVSS 7.8
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 63 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 58 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 23 if CISA's SSVC rates it automatable
What to do
Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs.
The ddQueryImageAttributes driver hook overflows and returns a negative size.Upgrade to a fixed version: xwayland 24.1.15 · xorg-x11-server 21.1.26.
Check your systems with an agent
Paste this into a coding or ops agent. It checks your systems read-only and reports a table per asset.
Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-109903 (X.Org Server XvQueryImageAttributes Negative Size Reply), using the cve.now data below.
Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.
What cve.now has for CVE-2026-109903 (entry last updated 2026-11-13):
Affected:
- X.Org xwayland: fixed in 24.1.15
- X.Org xorg-x11-server: fixed in 21.1.26
Fixed versions: 24.1.15, 21.1.26.
Conditions (all must be true for the bug to be hit):
- The ddQueryImageAttributes driver hook overflows and returns a negative size. (source: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/a11d070e4ea78c6c97a7e88c57277d766cd9050b)
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
Attacker needs: local access, low-privilege login, no user action.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-109903 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-109903 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.
How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.
Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/a11d070e4ea78c6c97a7e88c57277d766cd9050b
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.
Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.
Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-109903
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- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- xwayland
fixed in 24.1.15
- xorg-x11-server
fixed in 21.1.26
Evidence 3
CVE record · 2
Establishes: The identifier and description.
- Record
- Record
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-109903
Is CVE-2026-109903 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
What does this mean?
The bug is in the ddQueryImageAttributes driver hook, which can overflow and return a negative size. The advisory describes this as the condition that triggers the issue in XvQueryImageAttributes.Source: gitlab.freedesktop.org
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-109903?
xwayland: before 24.1.15. xorg-x11-server: before 21.1.26.Source: cve.now feed data
Am I affected, and how do I check?
Versions of xwayland before 24.1.15 and xorg-x11-server before 21.1.26 are listed as affected. To check an installed version, run the server's version command, such as Xwayland -version or Xorg -version, and compare the output with these numbers.Source: gitlab.freedesktop.org
How do I fix CVE-2026-109903?
Upgrade xwayland to 24.1.15 or later and xorg-x11-server to 21.1.26 or later.Source: gitlab.freedesktop.org