A flaw was found in X.Org Server Overlay Window. A Use-After-Free may lead to local privilege escalation. If a client explicitly destroys the compositor overlay window (aka COW), the Xserver would leave a dangling pointer to that window in the CompScreen structure, which will trigger a use-after-free later.
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"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/1xxx/CVE-2023-1393.json",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416"
]
}{
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"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"extracted_events": [
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