CVE-2024-31082 — Buffer Over-read in Xorg-server
Severity
7.3HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 4
Latest updateApr 9
Description
A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's ProcAppleDRICreatePixmap() 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, res…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.5
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
5📋Vendor Advisories
5Debian▶
CVE-2024-31082: xorg-server - A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's Proc...↗2024