CVE-2022-2320

High

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.8

Exploit probability—

ProductX.org X Server

PublishedSep 1, 2022

First seenSep 1, 2022

Weakness typeCWE-787Out-of-bounds write

How to fix

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-30

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
x.org x_server	21.1.0	—

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