High severity · published Jan 18, 2024
CVE-2024-0409
A flaw was found in the X.Org server
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the X.Org server. The cursor code in both Xephyr and Xwayland uses the wrong type of private at creation. It uses the cursor bits type with the cursor as private, and when initiating the cursor, that overwrites the XSELINUX context.
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)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0; 7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Scientific Computing · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
39 · source: NVD
TI
Tigervnc · Tigervnc
before 1.13.1 · source: NVD
XS
X Server · X.org
before 21.1.11 · source: NVD
XW
Xwayland · X.org
before 23.2.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0409
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0409
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0409
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