CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-0229

7.8 HIGH Published 2024-02-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2024-02-09
Last modified
2026-06-17
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-787

Description

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the X.Org server. This issue can be triggered when a device frozen by a sync grab is reattached to a different master device. This issue may lead to an application crash, local privilege escalation (if the server runs with extended privileges), or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.

Affected configurations

• x.org x server (< 21.1.11) • x.org xwayland (< 23.2.4) • fedoraproject fedora 39 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise linux 9.0 • redhat enterprise linux aus 8.2 • redhat enterprise linux aus 8.4 • redhat enterprise linux eus 8.6 • redhat enterprise linux eus 8.8 • redhat enterprise linux eus 9.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 9.2 • redhat enterprise linux tus 8.2 • redhat enterprise linux tus 8.4 • redhat enterprise linux update services for sap solutions 8.2 • redhat enterprise linux update services for sap solutions 8.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References