CVE-2023-6816

Xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in devicefocusevent and procxiquerypointer

Published Jan 18, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3721-1 xorg-server security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5603-1 xorg-server security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-59026 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6587-1 X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6587-2 X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6587-5 X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/1 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0557 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0558 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0597 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0607 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0614 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0617 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0621 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0626 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0629 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12751 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6816 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257691 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/ cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/ cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZ75X54CN4IFYMIV7OK3JVZ57FHQIGIC/ cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6816 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0006/ cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6816 cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
References
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First Time appeared X.org x Server
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org xorg-server
X.org x Server
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First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
References
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02434}

epss

{'score': 0.02101}

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}