CVE-2024-0409

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0409
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-0409.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-0409
Downstream
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CGA (2)
CLSA (1)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
OESA (4)
openSUSE (2)
RHSA (5)
SUSE (6)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
ALSA (4)
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (6)
Published
2024-01-18T15:40:22Z
Modified
2026-10-22T02:48:45Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Xorg-x11-server: selinux context corruption
Details

A flaw was found in the X.Org server. The cursor code in both Xephyr and Xwayland uses the wrong type of private at creation. It uses the cursor bits type with the cursor as private, and when initiating the cursor, that overwrites the XSELINUX context.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "redhat",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-787"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/0xxx/CVE-2024-0409.json",
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "range":  [
                        {
                            "fixed":  "0:1.20.4-27.el7_9"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed":  "0:1.20.11-22.el8"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed":  "0:21.1.3-15.el8"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed":  "0:1.20.11-24.el9"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed":  "0:22.1.9-5.el9"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy":  "InverseAffectedRanges"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver
Events
Introduced
2a327e58609e2bf53a9043eab4b36bc64168197a
Fixed
31407c0199da877b359b2e37bb371804321279b7
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "21.1.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "21.1.11"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy":  "StandardRange"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-0409.json"