CVE-2023-6816

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.
References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/1
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0557
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0557
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0558
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0558
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0597
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0597
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0607
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0607
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0614
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0614
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0617
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0617
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0621
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0621
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0626
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0626
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0629
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0629
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12751
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6816 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6816 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257691 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257691 Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZ75X54CN4IFYMIV7OK3JVZ57FHQIGIC/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0006/
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Aug 2025, 21:15

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References
  • () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/1 -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/ -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/ -
  • () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0006/ -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12751 -
  • () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30 -
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZ75X54CN4IFYMIV7OK3JVZ57FHQIGIC/ -

16 Sep 2024, 16:15

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References
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  • {'url': 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html', 'name': 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html', 'tags': ['Mailing List'], 'refsource': ''}
  • {'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/1', 'name': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/1', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Patch'], 'refsource': ''}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/', 'name': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/', 'tags': ['Mailing List'], 'refsource': ''}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZ75X54CN4IFYMIV7OK3JVZ57FHQIGIC/', 'name': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZ75X54CN4IFYMIV7OK3JVZ57FHQIGIC/', 'tags': [], 'refsource': ''}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/', 'name': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/', 'tags': ['Mailing List'], 'refsource': ''}
  • {'url': 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30', 'name': 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30', 'tags': [], 'refsource': ''}

22 May 2024, 17:16

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996 -

30 Apr 2024, 14:15

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169 -

07 Mar 2024, 17:15

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References
  • () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0006/ -

09 Feb 2024, 02:15

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  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZ75X54CN4IFYMIV7OK3JVZ57FHQIGIC/ -

31 Jan 2024, 16:15

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0629 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0626 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0617 -

31 Jan 2024, 13:15

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References
  • () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30 -

30 Jan 2024, 22:15

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0621 -

30 Jan 2024, 16:15

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0607 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0558 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0597 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0557 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0614 -

26 Jan 2024, 18:50

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First Time Redhat enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedoraproject
Debian
X.org xorg-server
Fedoraproject fedora
Redhat enterprise Linux Workstation
Debian debian Linux
X.org
Redhat enterprise Linux Server
X.org xwayland
Redhat
CWE CWE-787
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257691 - () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257691 - Issue Tracking
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html - Mailing List
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/1 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/1 - Mailing List, Patch
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/ - Mailing List
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/ - Mailing List
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6816 - () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6816 - Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

25 Jan 2024, 23:15

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References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html -

22 Jan 2024, 15:15

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 -

22 Jan 2024, 03:15

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References
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/ -

19 Jan 2024, 04:15

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References
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/ -

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  • () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/1 -

18 Jan 2024, 05:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-01-18 05:15

Updated : 2025-08-04 21:15


NVD link : CVE-2023-6816

Mitre link : CVE-2023-6816


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_workstation

x.org

  • xwayland
  • xorg-server
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write