CVE-2022-46343
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Dec 14, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 22, 2025
- Reserved
- Nov 30, 2022
Description
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the ScreenSaverSetAttributes request may write to memory after it has been freed. 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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
xorg-x11-servern/a |
|
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46343
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151758
- FEDORA-2022-c3a65f7c65vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-721a78b7e5vendor-advisory
- DSA-5304vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-dd3eb7e0a8vendor-advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
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