Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-0409 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH

Summary

A flaw was found in the X.Org server. The cursor code in both Xephyr and Xwayland uses the wrong type of private at creation. It uses the cursor bits type with the cursor as private, and when initiating the cursor, that overwrites the XSELINUX context.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
X.Org
212
Application
Tigervnc
34
OS
Redhat
11
OS
Fedoraproject
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)