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Description

A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's ProcAppleDRICreatePixmap() function. This issue occurs when byte-swapped length values are used in replies, potentially leading to memory leakage and segmentation faults, particularly when triggered by a client with a different endianness. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to cause the X server to read heap memory values and then transmit them back to the client until encountering an unmapped page, resulting in a crash. Despite the attacker's inability to control the specific memory copied into the replies, the small length values typically stored in a 32-bit integer can result in significant attempted out-of-bounds reads.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— xorg-server 1.12.0 – < 21.1.12 21.1.12
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 xorg-server 2:21.1.11-3 —
Debian 13 xorg-server 2:21.1.11-3 —
Debian 12 xorg-server 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u7 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS xorg-server 2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS xorg-server 2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.9 USN-6721-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS xwayland 2:22.1.1-1ubuntu0.12 USN-6721-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS xorg-server 2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.16 USN-6721-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS xorg-server 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.15+esm7 USN-6721-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS xorg-server-hwe-18.04 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS xorg-server 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12+esm12 USN-6721-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS xorg-server-hwe-16.04 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS xorg-server 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.11+esm11 USN-6721-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150200.22.5.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1262-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1261-1
SLES 15 SP4 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150400.38.48.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1260-1
SLES 15 SP3 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150200.22.5.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1261-1
SLES 15 SP2 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150200.22.5.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1261-1
SLES 12 SP5 xorg-x11-server 1.19.6-10.71.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1199-1
Show 10 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150400.38.48.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1260-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150200.22.5.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1261-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150200.22.5.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1261-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 xorg-x11-server 1.19.6-10.71.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1199-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150400.38.48.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1260-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150200.22.5.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1261-1
SLE HPC 15 SP2 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150200.22.5.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1261-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150400.38.48.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1260-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150400.38.48.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1260-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 xorg-x11-server 1.20.3-150200.22.5.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1261-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed xorg-x11-server 21.1.12-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:13828-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 xorg-x11-server 21.1.4-150500.7.26.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1262-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 xorg-server 21.1.12-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 xorg-server 21.1.12-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 xorg-server 21.1.12-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 xorg-server 21.1.12-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 xorg-server 21.1.12-r0 —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 xorg-server 21.1.12-r0 —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 xorg-x11-server No fix yet —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) xorg-x11-server 1.20.10-11 —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling xorg-server 21.1.12-r0 —

Advisories 7

References