CVE-2023-6478
A flaw was found in xorg-server. A specially crafted request to RRChangeProviderProperty or RRChangeOutputProperty can trigger an integer overflow which may lead to a disclosure of sensitive information.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.6 High
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2023-12-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-23
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190
Affected products
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Eus (Redhat)
- Rhel Aus (Redhat)
- Rhel E4s (Redhat)
- Rhel Els (Redhat)
- Rhel Eus (Redhat)
- Rhel Tus (Redhat)
- Tigervnc (Tigervnc)
- X Server (X.org)
- Xwayland (X.org)
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7886
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0006
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0009
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0010
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0014
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0015
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0016
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0017
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0018
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0020
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12751
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6478
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253298
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/14f480010a93ff962fef66a16412fafff81ad632
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-December/003435.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00008.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6R63Z6GIWM3YUNZRCGFODUXL…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7PP47YXKM5ETLCYEF6473R3V…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IFHV5KCQ2SVOD4QMCPZ5HC6Y…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LJDFWDB7EQVZA45XDP7L5WRS…
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0003/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5576
