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vulnerabilityCVE-2023-6816
Name
CVE-2023-6816
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
A flaw was found in X.Org server. Both DeviceFocusEvent and the XIQueryPointer reply contain a bit for each logical button currently down. Buttons can be arbitrarily mapped to any value up to 255, but the X.Org Server was only allocating space for the device's particular number of buttons, leading to a heap overflow if a bigger value was used.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-

Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
xserver-xorg
Patched
xwayland
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#


9.8
CVSSv31
9.8
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
24.1.12
Not Affected
buildroot
master
24.1.12
Not Affected
yocto
master
21.1.23
Not Affected
yocto
master
24.1.12
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
21.1.18
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
23.2.5
Not Affected

Resolved with patches#


xserver-xorg (yocto:kirkstone)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
dix: allocate enough space for logical button maps
Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
CVE-2023-6816

xwayland (yocto:kirkstone)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
dix: allocate enough space for logical button maps
Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
CVE-2023-6816