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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-5380 is rated Low Risk (27.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.08%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-11-21 | 0.05% | 0.08% | +0.04% |
| 2 | 2025-11-18 | 0.06% | 0.05% | -0.01% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.06% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.0 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 4.7 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.0 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2023-5380: 2 source package rows (xorg-server, xwayland); 16 state rows across 6 repos (3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 12, open 4. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-5380 |
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2023-5380 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xorg-server), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5380 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2023-5380: 1 GLSA(s) (202401-30), 2 atom(s) (x11-base/xorg-server, x11-base/xwayland); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2023-5380 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5380 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5380/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2023-5380 medium priority: Ubuntu including 11 source packages (xorg, xorg-hwe-16.04, …), 132 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 84, not-affected 22, released 12, needs-triage 9, ignored 5. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5380 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| x.org | x_server | < 21.1.9 | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| x.org | xwayland | < 23.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 37 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 38 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 39 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 11.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 12.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |