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THREAT OPSThreat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-50257 (HIGH 7.8) — A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in miSyncDestroyFence(). A client that sets up multiple fence triggers can trigger a use-after-free function pointer call. An attacker would connect to the X server to set up a fence and await that fence, then a s

[NVD] CVE-2026-50257 (HIGH 7.8) — A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in miSyncDestroyFence(). A client that sets up multiple fence triggers can trigger a use-after-free function pointer call. An attacker would connect to the X server to set up a fence and await that fence, then a s

lownvdPublished 2026-06-05

CVE-2026-50257 CVSS: 7.8 HIGH Published: 2026-06-05T12:16:38.907

A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in miSyncDestroyFence(). A client that sets up multiple fence triggers can trigger a use-after-free function pointer call. An attacker would connect to the X server to set up a fence and await that fence, then a second X connection destroys the fence, causing the use

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50257