CVE-2024-0409
highA flaw was found in the X.Org server.
Vendor / product: Tigervnc — tigervnc
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.
CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-01-18 16:15
Modified: 2026-11-04 21:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 5 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 21:37 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
tigervnc / tigervnc <1.13.1
x.org / x_server <21.1.11
x.org / xwayland <23.2.4
fedoraproject / fedora 39
redhat / enterprise_linux 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems 7.0
redhat / enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian 7.0
redhat / enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian 7.0
redhat / enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing 7.0
redhat / enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0409 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257690 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0409 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257690 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/mes... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/mes... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/mes... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0006/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 21:37 UTC · record ↗