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GHSA-mqqf-4p7r-rf89

GitHub Security Advisory

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's ProcXIGetSelectedEvents() function. This issue occurs when byte-swapped length values are used in replies, potentially leading to memory leakage and segmentation faults, particularly when triggered by a client with a different endianness. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to cause the X server to read heap memory values and then transmit them back to the client until encountering an unmapped page, resulting in a crash. Despite the attacker's inability to control the specific memory copied into the replies, the small length values typically stored in a 32-bit integer can result in significant attempted out-of-bounds reads.

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-mqqf-4p7r-rf89
Published
April 4, 2024 3:30 PM
Last Modified
November 12, 2024 3:30 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Unknown
Primary Package
Unknown
GitHub Reviewed
✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 18, 2025 6:25 AM

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