USN-8950-1: poppler vulnerability
USN-8950-1
Summary
Adam Bedard discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain XKB keyboard map replies. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious X server, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libx11 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-88806)
It was discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain X Input Method (XIM) messages. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious X server, a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to cause libx11 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-94283, CVE-2026-94284)
It was discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled converting certain multibyte text. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libx11 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-94285)
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