CVE-2023-0494 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-0494

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due...

Vulnerability Description

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 privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

xorg-x11-server
Vulnerable Versions:
xorg-server 21.1.7

Timeline

Official Publish: March 27th, 2023
Last Modified: February 24th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)