CVE-2023-6816

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-01-16

Description

A flaw was found in X.Org server. Both DeviceFocusEvent and the XIQueryPointer reply contain a bit for each logical button currently down. Buttons can be arbitrarily mapped to any value up to 255, but the X.Org Server was only allocating space for the device's particular number of buttons, leading to a heap overflow if a bigger value was used.

See more information about CVE-2023-6816 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	9.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (tigervnc)	ELSA-2024-0629	2024-02-01
Oracle Linux version 7 (xorg-x11-server)	ELSA-2024-0320	2024-01-22
Oracle Linux version 8 (tigervnc)	ELSA-2024-0607	2024-01-31
Oracle Linux version 8 (xorg-x11-server-Xwayland)	ELSA-2024-2996	2024-05-23
Oracle Linux version 9 (tigervnc)	ELSA-2024-0557	2024-01-31
Oracle Linux version 9 (xorg-x11-server)	ELSA-2024-2169	2024-05-02
Oracle Linux version 9 (xorg-x11-server-Xwayland)	ELSA-2024-2170	2024-05-02

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