Vulnerability CVE-2023-5380


Published: 2023-10-25

Description:
A use-after-free flaw was found in the xorg-x11-server. An X server crash may occur in a very specific and legacy configuration (a multi-screen setup with multiple protocol screens, also known as Zaphod mode) if the pointer is warped from within a window on one screen to the root window of the other screen and if the original window is destroyed followed by another window being destroyed.

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2244736
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-October/003430.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5380

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