Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-0229

High

Published: 09 February 2024

Published
09 February 2024
Modified
04 November 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0029 53.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-0229 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 46.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the X.Org server. This issue can be triggered when a device frozen by a sync grab is reattached to a different master device. This issue may lead to an application crash, local…

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privilege escalation (if the server runs with extended privileges), or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

x.org
x server
≤ 21.1.11
x.org
xwayland
≤ 23.2.4
fedoraproject
fedora
39
redhat
enterprise linux
7.0, 8.0, 9.0
redhat
enterprise linux aus
8.2, 8.4
redhat
enterprise linux eus
8.6, 8.8, 9.0, 9.2
redhat
enterprise linux tus
8.2, 8.4
redhat
enterprise linux update services for sap solutions
8.2, 8.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References