Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libx11 package, versions <2:1.8.7-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBX11-5927159
  • published 4 Oct 2023
  • disclosed 10 Oct 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libx11 to version 2:1.8.7-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libx11 package and not the libx11 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to a boundary condition within the _XkbReadKeySyms() function. This flaw allows a local user to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read the contents of memory on the system.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

4.4 medium
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Red Hat

6.5 medium