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.
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History

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared X.org x Server
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org xorg-server
X.org x Server

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
References

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02434}

epss

{'score': 0.02101}


Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-20T07:07:48.385Z

Reserved: 2023-12-14T04:34:38.017Z

Link: CVE-2023-6816

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:42:07.410Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-18T05:15:08.607

Modified: 2025-08-29T13:42:30.557

Link: CVE-2023-6816

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2024-01-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-6816 - Bugzilla