CVE-2022-2320

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write9 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
X.org X Server
Timeline
PublishedSep 1
Latest updateJul 16

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianxorg-server< 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u2+3
▶CVEListV5xorg-x11-serverxorg-x11-server 21.1
▶NVDx.org/x_server21.1.0
▶Debianxwayland< 2:22.1.3-1+2

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: gitlab.freedesktop.org ↗Patch: gitlab.freedesktop.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-w5qv-457x-4w67: A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server↗2022-09-02
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OSV
CVE-2022-2320: A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server↗2022-09-01
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CVEList
CVE-2022-2320: A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server↗2022-09-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Red Hat
kernel: usb: gadget: Fix use-after-free bug by not setting udc-&gt;dev.driver↗2024-07-16
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Ubuntu
X.Org X Server vulnerabilities↗2022-07-12
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Ubuntu
X.Org X Server vulnerabilities↗2022-07-12
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Red Hat
xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds access in ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo request handler of the Xkb extension↗2022-07-12
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Debian
CVE-2022-2320: xorg-server - A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server. The specific flaw exists within the han...↗2022
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CVE-2022-2320 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-se | cvebase.io