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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2025-08-18T11:22:34.517Z
Reserved: 2023-11-29T07:38:35.722Z
Link: CVE-2023-6377

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Status : Modified
Published: 2023-12-13T07:15:30.030
Modified: 2025-08-18T12:15:26.407
Link: CVE-2023-6377


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