A flaw was found in xorg-server. A specially crafted request to RRChangeProviderProperty or RRChangeOutputProperty can trigger an integer overflow which may lead to a disclosure of sensitive information.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-6478 is rated Moderate Risk (58.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.14%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2026-04-22 | 0.96% | 1.14% | +0.18% |
| 2 | 2026-04-21 | 1.11% | 0.96% | -0.15% |
| 3 | 2026-04-19 | — | 1.11% | — |
Full EPSS history (35 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.8 | 4.7 | [email protected] |
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2023-6478: 1 source package rows (xorg-server); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 5, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-6478 |
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2023-6478 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (xorg-server, xwayland), 9 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 8, open 1. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6478 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2023-6478: 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-2023-6478 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6478 |
suse
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high | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6478/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2023-6478 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 19, released 16, needs-triage 8, ignored 5. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6478 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| x.org | x_server | < 21.1.10 | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| x.org | xwayland | < 23.2.3 | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 9.2 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 10.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| tigervnc | tigervnc | — | cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |