Out-of-Bounds Write Affecting xorg/xwayland package, versions [,23.2.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XORGXWAYLAND-11431289
  • published4 Aug 2025
  • disclosed16 Jan 2024
  • creditJan-Niklas Sohn

Introduced: 16 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-0229  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-788  (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 Out-of-Bounds Write when a device frozen by a sync grab is reattached to a different master device. An attacker can cause an application crash, local privilege escalation, or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments by exploiting the improper handling of out-of-bounds memory access.

CVSS Base Scores

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