CVE-2024-0409

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 41/100
Published: 2024-01-18 Modified: 2026-11-04 First seen: 2026-11-04 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

41 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.36%
Raw Score 0.003560
Percentile 29.6%
Date 2026-11-09

EPSS Trend

2026-11-09
0.00356
2026-11-08
0.00356
2026-11-07
0.00356
2026-11-06
0.00356
2026-11-05
0.00356
2026-11-04
0.00356

Intelligence Sources

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