Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Affecting xorg-server package, versions [,21.1.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.11% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XORGSERVER-6173324
  • published18 Jan 2024
  • disclosed18 Jan 2024
  • creditJan-Niklas Sohn

Introduced: 18 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-6816  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xorg-server to version 21.1.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer due to improper allocation of space for device buttons in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution or cause a denial of service by sending crafted input that maps buttons to a value higher than the allocated space, leading to a heap overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1