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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- local
- Complexity
- high
- Privileges
- low
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416CWE-416
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- X.ORG
- Published
- 10/25/2023
- Last Modified
- 11/4/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
x.org : x_serverx.org : xwaylandredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoradebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linux
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