CVE-2023-5380
Xorg-x11-server: use-after-free bug in destroywindow
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.70% · top 47% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- unaffected 0:1.8.0-26.el7_9 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- unaffected 0:1.20.11-22.el8 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- unaffected 0:1.13.1-8.el8 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 0:1.20.11-24.el9 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 0:1.13.1-8.el9 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: unaffected
References (18)
- RHSA-2023:7428 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:2169 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:2298 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:2995 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:3067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5380 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBZ#2244736 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-October/003430.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2WS5E7H4A5J3U5YBCTMRPQVGWK5LVH7D/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3RK66CXMXO3PCPDU3GDY5FK4UYHUXQJT/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AKKIE626TZOOPD533EYN47J4RFNHZVOP/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HO2Q2NP6R62ZRQQG3XQ4AXUT7J2EKKKY/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SN6KV4XGQJRVAOSM5C3CWMVAXO53COIP/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TJXNI4BXURC2BKPNAHFJK3C5ZETB7PER/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0004/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5534 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00036.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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