vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-6377): X.Org X Server vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 13, 2023
Added
Dec 14, 2023
Modified
Jan 28, 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)

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-xserver-xorg-coreubuntu-pro-upgrade-xwayland
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