{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2023-12-13T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds memory read in RRChangeOutputProperty and RRChangeProviderProperty",
    "id" : "2253298",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253298"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "7.6",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-190",
  "details" : [ "A flaw was found in xorg-server. A specially crafted request to RRChangeProviderProperty or RRChangeOutputProperty can trigger an integer overflow which may lead to a disclosure of sensitive information.", "A flaw was found in xorg-server. A specially crafted request to RRChangeProviderProperty or RRChangeOutputProperty can trigger an integer overflow which may lead to a disclosure of sensitive information." ],
  "statement" : "Xorg server does not run with root privileges in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9, therefore, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 have been rated with a moderate severity.",
  "acknowledgement" : "This issue was discovered by Peter Hutterer (Red Hat).",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support  - EXTENSION",
    "release_date" : "2025-08-04T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:12751",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.1.0-25.el6_10.13"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0006",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.8.0-28.el7_9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0009",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7",
    "package" : "xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.4-25.el7_9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0018",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.13.1-2.el8_9.4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2024-05-22T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:2995",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-22.el8",
    "impact" : "moderate"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2024-05-22T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:2996",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-15.el8",
    "impact" : "moderate"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0017",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0017",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0017",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0016",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0016",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0016",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0015",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0014",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.12.0-15.el8_8.4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0010",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.13.1-3.el9_3.3"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-04-30T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:2169",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-24.el9",
    "impact" : "moderate"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-04-30T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:2170",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:22.1.9-5.el9",
    "impact" : "moderate"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:0020",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.11.0-22.el9_0.5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2023-12-20T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2023:7886",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2",
    "package" : "tigervnc-0:1.12.0-14.el9_2.2"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "xorg-x11-server",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6478\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6478\nhttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/14f480010a93ff962fef66a16412fafff81ad632\nhttps://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-December/003435.html" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2023-6478",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}