CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-6377

7.8 HIGH Published 2023-12-13 Modified 2026-06-23 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-12-13
Last modified
2026-06-23
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-125

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.

Affected configurations

• redhat enterprise linux eus 9.2 • debian debian linux 10.0 • debian debian linux 11.0 • debian debian linux 12.0 • x.org x server (< 21.1.10) • x.org xwayland (< 23.2.3) • tigervnc tigervnc

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References