CVE-2024-31081
Public on 2024-04-04
Modified on 2024-04-05
Description
A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice() 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.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 1 | tigervnc | No Fix Planned | ||
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | tigervnc | 2024-04-11 | ALAS2-2024-2510 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | wayland | Not Affected | ||
Amazon Linux 1 | xorg-x11-server | No Fix Planned | ||
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | xorg-x11-server | 2024-04-11 | ALAS2-2024-2511 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | xorg-x11-server | 2024-04-10 | ALAS2023-2024-583 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H |