CVE-2026-109088 (GCVE-0-2026-109088)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-27 16:26
Modified
2026-10-27 16:26
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-835 - Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop')
Summary
A malicious X server could send malformed RECORD EnableContext reolies that can cause a X client using the parse_reply_call_callback function in libXtst before 1.2.6 to enter a endless loop.
References
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