Out-of-bounds Write Affecting xorg-server package, versions <21.1.10-r5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.91% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-XORGSERVER-6239576
  • published9 Feb 2024
  • disclosed18 Jan 2024

Introduced: 18 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-6816  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard xorg-server to version 21.1.10-r5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-server package and not the xorg-server package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in X.Org server. Both DeviceFocusEvent and the XIQueryPointer reply contain a bit for each logical button currently down. Buttons can be arbitrarily mapped to any value up to 255, but the X.Org Server was only allocating space for the device's particular number of buttons, leading to a heap overflow if a bigger value was used.

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