Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-5380 - Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 4.7 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH

Summary

A use-after-free flaw was found in the xorg-x11-server. An X server crash may occur in a very specific and legacy configuration (a multi-screen setup with multiple protocol screens, also known as Zaphod mode) if the pointer is warped from within a window on one screen to the root window of the other screen and if the original window is destroyed followed by another window being destroyed.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
X.Org
272
OS
Redhat
3
OS
Fedoraproject
3
OS
Debian
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References