CVE-2023-6816

Updated: 2026-02-27 03:05:40.912848

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.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x 0.0
CVSS Version 3.x CRITICAL 9.8

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU xorg-x11-server-Xwayland 21.1.3 9.8 CRITICAL Released CLSA-2025:1763124505 2025-11-14 14:08:46
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU tigervnc 1.12.0 9.8 CRITICAL Released CLSA-2025:1744213437 2025-04-10 03:12:22