CVE-2024-21886
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2024-01-16 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
Description
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the DisableDevice function in the X.Org server. This issue may lead to an application crash or, in some circumstances, remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.
See more information about CVE-2024-21886 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.8 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| 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) | ELSA-2024-2995 | 2024-05-23 |
| 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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