Medium severity · published Oct 25, 2023
CVE-2023-5380
A use-after-free flaw was found in the xorg-x11-server
4.7
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the xorg-x11-server. An X server crash may occur in a very specific and legacy configuration (a multi-screen setup with multiple protocol screens, also known as Zaphod mode) if the pointer is warped from within a window on one screen to the root window of the other screen and if the original window is destroyed followed by another window being destroyed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38; 39 · source: NVD
XS
X Server · X.org
before 21.1.9 · source: NVD
XW
Xwayland · X.org
before 23.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5380
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5380
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7428
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2298
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3067
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5380
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