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CVE-2023-0494

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-0494 is a dangling pointer vulnerability in X.Org's DeepCopyPointerClasses, exploitable via ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo() and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo(). This flaw affects products like fedoraproject, redhat, and x.org. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it allows for local privilege elevation on privileged X servers and remote code execution during SSH X forwarding sessions, requiring local access and low privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 21.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (16)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSIONFixed in: tigervnc-0:1.1.0-25.el6_10.13
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: tigervnc-0:1.8.0-24.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.4-22.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: tigervnc-0:1.12.0-9.el8_7.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-10.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-15.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: tigervnc-0:1.9.0-16.el8_1.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: tigervnc-0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: tigervnc-0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: tigervnc-0:1.12.0-5.el9_1.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-17.el9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-7.el9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: tigervnc-0:1.11.0-22.el9_0.1
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-0494Important

xorg-x11-server: DeepCopyPointerClasses use-after-free leads to privilege elevation

Feb 7, 2023

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
gitlab.freedesktop.org / xorg/xserver/-/commit/0ba6d8c37071131a49790243cdac55392ecf71ec
Patch
lists.x.org / archives/xorg-announce/2023-February/003320.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-30