Out-of-bounds Write Affecting xorg-server package, versions <2:21.1.7-3+deb12u5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.83% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-XORGSERVER-6159342
  • published16 Jan 2024
  • disclosed18 Jan 2024

Introduced: 16 Jan 2024

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 xorg-server to version 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u5 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 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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