Integer underflow in xorg-x11-server

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.011, the 64th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 26 Apr 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• CVE List: CVE-2021-3472
• NVD: CVE-2021-3472

References from the CNA

• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/13/1 mailing-listmlist
• lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00013.html mailing-listmlist
• lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO6S5OPXUDYBSRSVWVLFLJ6AFERG4HNY/ vendor-advisoryfedora
• www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4893 vendor-advisorydebian
• lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PEXPCLMVU25AUZTUXC4MYBGPKOAIM5TW/ vendor-advisoryfedora
• lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDF7TAJE7NPZPNVOXSD5HBIFLNPUOD2V/ vendor-advisoryfedora
• www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-463/
• lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-April/003080.html confirm
• lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N63KL3T22HNFT4FJ7VMVF6U5Q4RFJIQF/ vendor-advisoryfedora
• bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1944167
• lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-April/003080.html
• seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q2/20
• www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/148701
• gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/7aaf54a1884f71dc363f0b884e57bcb67407a6cd
• security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-02 vendor-advisorygentoo

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