CVE-2023-5380
xorg-x11-server: Use-after-free bug in DestroyWindow
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 25, 2023
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the xorg-x11-server. An X server crash may occur in a very specific and legacy configuration (a multi-screen setup with multiple protocol screens, also known as Zaphod mode) if the pointer is warped from within a window on one screen to the root window of the other screen and if the original window is destroyed followed by another window being destroyed.
Statement
The xorg-x11-server-Xwayland package as shipped by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 is not affected by this issue as Xwayland does not support multiple protocol screens and is not affected by this vulnerability.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-416 · Use After Free