CVE-2023-0494 | BDVDB-2026-198341 Detail

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A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due to a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses that can be exploited by ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo() and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo() to read and write into freed memory. This can lead to local privilege elevation on systems where the X server runs privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.

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1. Version 12023-03-27Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22025-02-24Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.