CVE-2023-45913 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Mesa v23.0.4 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the function dri2GetGlxDrawableFromXDrawableId(). This vulnerability is triggered when the X11 server sends an DRI2_BufferSwapComplete event unexpectedly when the application is using DRI3. NOTE: this is disputed because there is no scenario in which the vulnerability was demonstrated.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00017.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mesa3d	Mesa

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:23.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176800/Mesa-23.0.4-Null-Pointer.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/28
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/9856
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/71

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176800/Mesa-23.0.4-Null-Pointer.html

Thu, 29 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Mesa3d Mesa3d mesa
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:23.0.4:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Mesa3d Mesa3d mesa

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-476
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:17:47.392Z

Reserved: 2023-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-45913

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:17:47.392Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-03-27T04:15:10.590

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:16:01.687

Link: CVE-2023-45913

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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