CVE-2023-0494

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due to a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses that can be exploited by ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo to read and write into freed memory. This can lead to local privilege elevation on systems where the X server runs...

CVE-2023-0494

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due to a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses that can be exploited by ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo to read and write into freed memory. This can lead to local privilege elevation on systems where the X server runs...

PT-2023-2590 · Linux +10 · Linux Kernel +10

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel affected versions not specified Description: A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel Performance Events system can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The perf group detach function did not check the...

OESA-2023-1127 xorg-x11-server security update

X.Org X11 X server Security Fixes: A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due to a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses that can be exploited by ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo to read and write into freed memory. This can lead to local privilege elevation on...

K54105941: glibc vulnerability CVE-1999-0199

Security Advisory Description manual/search.texi in the GNU C Library aka glibc before 2.2 lacks a statement about the unspecified tdelete return value upon deletion of a tree's root, which might allow attackers to access a dangling pointer in an application whose developer was unaware of a...

SUSE CVE-2009-3077

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14, and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, does not properly manage pointers for the columns aka TreeColumns of a XUL tree element, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."...

SUSE CVE-2010-0176

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2; Thunderbird before 3.0.4; and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4 do not properly manage reference counts for option elements in a XUL tree optgroup, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors...

SUSE CVE-2010-0177

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4, frees the contents of the window.navigator.plugins array while a reference to an array element is still active, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of servi...

SUSE CVE-2010-2767

The navigator.plugins implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 does not properly handle destruction of the DOM plugin array, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service...

SUSE CVE-2010-3167

The nsTreeContentView function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 does not properly handle node removal in XUL trees, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving...

SUSE CVE-2011-0073

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.19 and 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.14, does not properly use nsTreeRange data structures, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that lead to a "dangling pointer."...

SUSE CVE-2011-0084

The SVGTextElement.getCharNumAtPosition function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, and 4.x through 5; Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12 and other versions before 6; SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3; and possibly other products does not properly handle SVG text, which allows remote attackers to execute...

SUSE CVE-2011-2378

The appendChild function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12, SeaMonkey 2.x, and possibly other products does not properly handle DOM objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that lead to dereferencing of a "dangling...

SUSE CVE-2020-8231

Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data...

SUSE CVE-2022-4283

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the XkbCopyNames function left a dangling pointer to freed memory, resulting in out-of-bounds memory access on subsequent XkbGetKbdByName requests.. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X serve...

SUSE CVE-2022-22942

The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer...

SUSE CVE-2022-26495

In nbd-server in nbd before 3.24, there is an integer overflow with a resultant heap-based buffer overflow. A value of 0xffffffff in the name length field will cause a zero-sized buffer to be allocated for the name, resulting in a write to a dangling pointer. This issue exists for the NBDOPTINFO,...

SUSE CVE-2023-0494

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due to a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses that can be exploited by ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo to read and write into freed memory. This can lead to local privilege elevation on systems where the X server runs...

xorg-x11-server: DeepCopyPointerClasses use-after-free leads to privilege elevation

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due to a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses that can be exploited by ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo to read and write into freed memory. This can lead to local privilege elevation on systems where the X server runs...

RHEL 8 : tigervnc (RHSA-2023:0662)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0662 advisory. Virtual Network Computing VNC is a remote display system which allows users to view a computing desktop environment not only on the machine where it ...