A use-after-free flaw was found in the xorg-x11-server. An X server crash may occur in a very specific and legacy configuration (a multi-screen setup with multiple protocol screens, also known as Zaphod mode) if the pointer is warped from within a window on one screen to the root window of the other screen and if the original window is destroyed followed by another window being destroyed.
CVE-2023-5380
Score 5.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2023-10-25. NVD baseline CVSS 4.7; sources differ by 0.4.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 4.7
- EG Score
- 5.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- 28(Track)EG Risk 28/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity51% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 50%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 25, 2023
Last Modified
June 23, 2026
Advisory Details (8)
Auto-updated Jun 23, 2026Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7428X.Org Security Advisory: Issues in X.Org X server prior to 21.1.9 and Xwayland prior to 23.2.2
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-October/003430.html2244736 – (CVE-2023-5380) CVE-2023-5380 xorg-x11-server: Use-after-free bug in DestroyWindow
Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2244736Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3067Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2298Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-5380(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | xwayland (2:23.2.0-1ubuntu0.1) @ mantic | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | xwayland (2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12+esm6) @ xenial | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | tigervnc-0:1.13.1-8.el8 | 2024-05-22 | redhat |
| redhat | xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-22.el8 | 2024-05-22 | redhat |
| redhat | xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-24.el9 | 2024-04-30 | redhat |
| redhat | tigervnc-0:1.13.1-8.el9 | 2024-04-30 | redhat |
| redhat | tigervnc-0:1.8.0-26.el7_9 | 2023-11-21 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| xorg-server | 2:1.20.4-1 ... 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u9 (10 versions) | 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u10 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| xorg-server | 2:1.20.11-1 ... 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u7 (8 versions) | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u8 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| xorg-server | 2:21.1.7-3, 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u1 | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u2 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| xorg-server | — | 2:21.1.9-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| xorg-server | — | 2:21.1.9-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(5)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-53802023-10-30
Xorg-x11-server: use-after-free bug in destroywindow
- Red HatRHSA-2024:2298MODERATE2023-10-25
RHSA-2024:2298 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:3067MODERATE2023-10-25
RHSA-2024:3067 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-6453-1MEDIUM
X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6453-2MEDIUM
X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
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