XOrg Server and Xwayland Patched Against Multiple Security Vulnerabilities – 9to5Linux

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  • Post Updated: April 4, 2024

The XOrg Server and Xwayland display implementations have been patched against multiple security vulnerabilities that could lead to heap overflows, out-of-bounds writes, or local privilege escalation.

A new X.Org Security Advisory was published today to warn users about CVE-2023-6816, a heap buffer overflow issue introduced in xorg-server v1.13.0 (released 2012), CVE-2024-0229, an…

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