CVE-2024-0409
A flaw was found in the X.Org server.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- tigervnc/tigervnc · x.org/x server · x.org/xwayland · fedoraproject/fedora · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems · redhat/enterprise linux for power big endian · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian · redhat/enterprise linux for scientific computing · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0409Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257690Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0409Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257690Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZ75X54CN4IFYMIV7OK3JVZ57FHQIGIC/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0006/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.