CVE-2023-5380

medium

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.

References

https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-October/003430.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2244736

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5380

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3067

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2298

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7428

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-10-25

Updated: 2024-09-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium