High severity · published Dec 13, 2023
CVE-2023-6377
A flaw was found in xorg-server
7.8
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in xorg-server. Querying or changing XKB button actions such as moving from a touchpad to a mouse can result in out-of-bounds memory reads and writes. This may allow local privilege escalation or possible remote code execution in cases where X11 forwarding is involved.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
9.2 · source: NVD
TI
Tigervnc · Tigervnc
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
XS
X Server · X.org
before 21.1.10 · source: NVD
XW
Xwayland · X.org
before 23.2.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6377
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6377
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7886
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0006
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0009
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0010
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0014
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0015
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