CVE-2023-5380
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416
Use After Free
Publication date:
25/10/2023
Last modified:
04/11/2025
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
4.70
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 21.1.9 (excluding) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 23.2.2 (excluding) | |
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7428
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2298
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3067
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5380
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2244736
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-October/003430.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7428
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2298
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3067
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5380
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2244736
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00036.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2WS5E7H4A5J3U5YBCTMRPQVGWK5LVH7D/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3RK66CXMXO3PCPDU3GDY5FK4UYHUXQJT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AKKIE626TZOOPD533EYN47J4RFNHZVOP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HO2Q2NP6R62ZRQQG3XQ4AXUT7J2EKKKY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SN6KV4XGQJRVAOSM5C3CWMVAXO53COIP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJXNI4BXURC2BKPNAHFJK3C5ZETB7PER/
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-October/003430.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0004/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5534



