An internal reference count is held on the buffer pool, incremented every time a new buffer is created from the pool. The reference count is maintained as an int; on LP64 systems this can cause the reference count to overflow if the client creates a large number of wl_shm buffer objects, or if it can coerce the server to create a large number of external references to the buffer storage. With the reference count overflowing, a use-after-free can be constructed on the wl_shm_pool tracking structure, where values may be incremented or decremented; it may also be possible to construct a limited oracle to leak 4 bytes of server-side memory to the attacking client at a time.
CVSS 3.x
| Source | Score | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 6.6 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H | 1.8 | 4.7 |
Products Affected
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| wayland | wayland | * |