CVE-2022-4283
—CVSS 3.1
7.8 high
EPSS
<1%p59
Published
()
Modified
Description
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the XkbCopyNames function left a dangling pointer to freed memory, resulting in out-of-bounds memory access on subsequent XkbGetKbdByName requests.. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.
- Vendors
- x.orgfedoraprojectredhatdebian
- Products
- x server, fedora, enterprise linux, debian linux
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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