VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-6377

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-12-13
Last modified2026-06-23
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-125
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-125

Primary references