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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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 |
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CWE | CWE-787 | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257691 - Issue Tracking | |
References | () 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 - Mailing List, Patch | |
References | () 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/ - Mailing List | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6816 - Third Party Advisory | |
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v2 : unknown
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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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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
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