CVE-2023-6377
"Xorg-Server XKB Buffer Overflow"
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 13, 2023, 7:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 16, 2024, 4:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2023-6377
vulnerability.
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Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-9632: 18-Year-Old Bug in X.Org Server Leaves Systems Vulnerable to Attack
A high-severity vulnerability was found in the X.Org Server, the popular display server for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Tracked as CVE-2024-9632, this flaw has been lurking in the cod ... Read more
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2023-6377 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 16, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00008.html Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5576 Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1 Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LJDFWDB7EQVZA45XDP7L5WRSRWS6RVRR/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00013.html Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7PP47YXKM5ETLCYEF6473R3VFCJ6QT2S/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6R63Z6GIWM3YUNZRCGFODUXLW3GY2HD6/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IFHV5KCQ2SVOD4QMCPZ5HC6YL44L7YJD/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0003/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 29, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 22, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 22, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 30, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 31, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 25, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0003/ [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 11, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IFHV5KCQ2SVOD4QMCPZ5HC6YL44L7YJD/ [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 02, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0006 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0009 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0010 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0014 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0015 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0016 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0017 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0018 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0020 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 25, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6R63Z6GIWM3YUNZRCGFODUXLW3GY2HD6/ [No types assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 21, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1 Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7886 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7886 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6377 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6377 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253291 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253291 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/0c1a93d319558fe3ab2d94f51d174b4f93810afd No Types Assigned https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/0c1a93d319558fe3ab2d94f51d174b4f93810afd Patch Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00008.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00008.html Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00013.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00013.html Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7PP47YXKM5ETLCYEF6473R3VFCJ6QT2S/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7PP47YXKM5ETLCYEF6473R3VFCJ6QT2S/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LJDFWDB7EQVZA45XDP7L5WRSRWS6RVRR/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LJDFWDB7EQVZA45XDP7L5WRSRWS6RVRR/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-December/003435.html No Types Assigned https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-December/003435.html Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5576 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5576 Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-125 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 21.1.10 OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 23.2.3 OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 20, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7886 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 19, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7PP47YXKM5ETLCYEF6473R3VFCJ6QT2S/ [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 17, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00013.html [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 15, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LJDFWDB7EQVZA45XDP7L5WRSRWS6RVRR/ [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5576 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00008.html [No types assigned] -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added 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. Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6377 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253291 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/0c1a93d319558fe3ab2d94f51d174b4f93810afd [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-December/003435.html [No types assigned] Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-125 Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-6377 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-6377
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
15.98 }} -11.29%
score
0.96055
percentile