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CVE-2023-5380

Date: October 25, 2023

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.7

Related Resources (19)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7428

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0004/

Url: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/564ccf2ce9616620456102727acb8b0256b7bbd7

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2298

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SN6KV4XGQJRVAOSM5C3CWMVAXO53COIP/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HO2Q2NP6R62ZRQQG3XQ4AXUT7J2EKKKY/

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5534

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3RK66CXMXO3PCPDU3GDY5FK4UYHUXQJT/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5380

Url: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-October/003430.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5380

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJXNI4BXURC2BKPNAHFJK3C5ZETB7PER/

Url: https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q4/181

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2WS5E7H4A5J3U5YBCTMRPQVGWK5LVH7D/

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2244736

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AKKIE626TZOOPD533EYN47J4RFNHZVOP/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-5380

Severity Score

4.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.7
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

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CVE-2023-5380

Date: October 25, 2023

Language: C

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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