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CVE-2022-2320

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.

Published

2022-09-01T21:15:09.443

Last Modified

2025-08-29T13:42:30.557

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-787
Type: Secondary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	x.org	x_server	21.1.0	Yes

References

https://github.com/freedesktop/xorg-xserver/commit/dd8caf39e9e15d8f302e54045dd08d8ebf1025dc Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/938 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/939 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2022-July/003192.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-30 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0003/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-963/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://github.com/freedesktop/xorg-xserver/commit/dd8caf39e9e15d8f302e54045dd08d8ebf1025dc Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/938 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/939 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2022-July/003192.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-30 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0003/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-963/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)