Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character Affecting xorg/xwayland package, versions [,23.2.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XORGXWAYLAND-11431285
  • published4 Aug 2025
  • disclosed16 Jan 2024
  • creditDonn Seeley

Introduced: 16 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-0408  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-158  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xorg/xwayland to version 23.2.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character due to improper handling of SELinux unlabeled GLX PBuffer objects. An attacker can cause a denial of service by exploiting this vulnerability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1