Use After Free Affecting xorg-server package, versions [,21.1.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XORGSERVER-5296697
  • published30 Mar 2023
  • disclosed29 Mar 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-1393  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xorg-server to version 21.1.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. If a client explicitly destroys the compositor overlay window (aka COW), the Xserver will leave a dangling pointer to that window in the CompScreen structure.

CVSS Scores

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