CVE-2022-2320
—CVSS 3.1
7.8 high
EPSS
<1%p48
Published
()
Modified
Description
A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server. The specific flaw exists within the handling of ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory access past the end of an allocated buffer. This flaw allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root.
- Vendors
- x.org
- Products
- x server
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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