A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in X.org X11 Server up to 21.1.10. Affected by this issue is the function DeviceFocusEvent/the XIQueryPointer. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-6816. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.