CVE-2021-4009 Information

Description

A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server in versions before 21.1.2 and before 1.20.14. An out-of-bounds access can occur in the SProcXFixesCreatePointerBarrier function. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-December/003124.html https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-December/003122.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDHYZM6FII35JA7J275MFCJO6ADJUPQX/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T57DCF726O5LLTST4NBL5PQ7DLPB46HT/ https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1548/ https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5027 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00035.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NKLSZCY47QK4RCJFXITYFALCGPJAFXOK/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXTRPFEQLFZ6NT2LPLZEID664RGC3OCC/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220114-0004/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8