vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2023-6377: xorg-server, xwayland -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 13, 2023
Added
Dec 19, 2023
Modified
May 27, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in xorg-server. Querying or changing XKB button actions such as moving from a touchpad to a mouse can result in out-of-bounds memory reads and writes. This may allow local privilege escalation or possible remote code execution in cases where X11 forwarding is involved.

Solution(s)

debian-upgrade-xorg-serverno-fix-debian-deb-package
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