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CVE-2023-5380: Use After Free in Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Medium

VulnerabilityCVE-2023-5380cve cve-2023-5380

Published: Wed Oct 25 2023 (10/25/2023, 19:46:59 UTC)

Source: CVE Database V5

Vendor/Project: Red Hat

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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.

Technical Details

Data Version: 5.2
Assigner Short Name: redhat
Date Reserved: 2023-10-04T14:27:46.912Z
Cvss Version: 3.1
State: PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 690a5558a730e5a3d9d7c24f

Added to database: 11/4/2025, 7:34:48 PM

Last updated: 11/4/2025, 7:34:53 PM

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