xorg-x11-server: X.Org Server Overlay Window Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A vulnerability was found in X.Org Server. This flaw occurs if a client explicitly destroys the compositor overlay window aka COW, where Xserver leaves a dangling pointer to that window in the CompScreen structure, which will later trigger a use-after-free issue. The Overlay Window use-after-free...

Fedora 37 : xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (2023-eb3c27ff25)

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-eb3c27ff25 advisory. xwayland 22.1.9 Security fix for CVE-2023-1393 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Not...

CVE-2023-1393

A flaw was found in X.Org Server Overlay Window. A Use-After-Free may lead to local privilege escalation. If a client explicitly destroys the compositor overlay window aka COW, the Xserver would leave a dangling pointer to that window in the CompScreen structure, which will trigger a use-after-fr...

CVE-2023-1393

A flaw was found in X.Org Server Overlay Window. A Use-After-Free may lead to local privilege escalation. If a client explicitly destroys the compositor overlay window aka COW, the Xserver would leave a dangling pointer to that window in the CompScreen structure, which will trigger a use-after-fr...

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1393

A flaw was found in X.Org Server Overlay Window. A Use-After-Free may lead to local privilege escalation. If a client explicitly destroys the compositor overlay window aka COW, the Xserver would leave a dangling pointer to that window in the CompScreen structure, which will trigger a use-after-fr...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2023:1680-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2023:1680-1 advisory. - CVE-2023-1393: Fixed use-after-free overlay window ZDI-CAN-19866 bsc1209543. Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1393

A flaw was found in X.Org Server Overlay Window. A Use-After-Free may lead to local privilege escalation. If a client explicitly destroys the compositor overlay window aka COW, the Xserver would leave a dangling pointer to that window in the CompScreen structure, which will trigger a use-after-fr...

DEBIAN-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...

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...