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.
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-12-13T06:27:40.758Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T15:30:03.089Z

Reserved: 2023-11-29T07:38:35.722Z

Link: CVE-2023-6377

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-13T07:15:30.030

Modified: 2024-09-16T16:15:09.980

Link: CVE-2023-6377

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2023-12-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-6377 - Bugzilla