CVE-2023-6816
X.Org Server Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Description
A flaw was found in X.Org server. Both DeviceFocusEvent and the XIQueryPointer reply contain a bit for each logical button currently down. Buttons can be arbitrarily mapped to any value up to 255, but the X.Org Server was only allocating space for the device's particular number of buttons, leading to a heap overflow if a bigger value was used.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 18, 2024, 5:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 16, 2024, 4:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2023-6816
vulnerability.
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CVE-2023-6816 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. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/1 Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30 Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IZ75X54CN4IFYMIV7OK3JVZ57FHQIGIC/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0006/ -
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-2024:2996 [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]
Mar. 07, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0006/ [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 09, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IZ75X54CN4IFYMIV7OK3JVZ57FHQIGIC/ [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 04, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-787 Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-119 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 31, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0617 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0626 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0629 [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. 30, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0621 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 30, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0557 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0558 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0597 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0607 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0614 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 29, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 26, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/1 Mailing List, Patch Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6816 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6816 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257691 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257691 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/ Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/ Mailing List Added CWE NIST CWE-787 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 21.1.11 *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 23.2.4 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 25, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 22, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 22, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/ [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 19, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/ [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 18, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/1 [No types assigned] -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Jan. 18, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A flaw was found in X.Org server. Both DeviceFocusEvent and the XIQueryPointer reply contain a bit for each logical button currently down. Buttons can be arbitrarily mapped to any value up to 255, but the X.Org Server was only allocating space for the device's particular number of buttons, leading to a heap overflow if a bigger value was used. Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6816 [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257691 [No types assigned] Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-119 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-2023-6816 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-6816
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.40 }} 0.23%
score
0.73848
percentile