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CVE-2022-46340
- EPSS 1.2%
- Published 14.12.2022 21:15:13
- Last modified 22.04.2025 16:15:40
- Source secalert@redhat.com
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A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs becuase the swap handler for the XTestFakeInput request of the XTest extension may corrupt the stack if GenericEvents with lengths larger than 32 bytes are sent through a the XTestFakeInput request. 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. This issue does not affect systems where client and server use the same byte order.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
X.Org ≫ X Server Version1.20.4
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version6.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version7.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version8.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version9.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version7.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version8.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version9.0
Fedoraproject ≫ Fedora Version36
Fedoraproject ≫ Fedora Version37
Debian ≫ Debian Linux Version11.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
| Type | Source | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 1.2% | 0.783 |
| Source | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector string |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 8.8 | 2.8 | 5.9 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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| 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | 8.8 | 2.8 | 5.9 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.