VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-0409

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-01-18
Last modified2026-06-17
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 the X.Org server. The cursor code in both Xephyr and Xwayland uses the wrong type of private at creation. It uses the cursor bits type with the cursor as private, and when initiating the cursor, that overwrites the XSELINUX context.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-787
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references