CVE-2022-49737
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.7 High
- Published
- Mar 16, 2025
- Updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Reserved
- Mar 16, 2025
Description
In X.Org X server 20.11 through 21.1.16, when a client application uses easystroke for mouse gestures, the main thread modifies various data structures used by the input thread without acquiring a lock, aka a race condition. In particular, AttachDevice in dix/devices.c does not acquire an input lock.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.7 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H | mitre |
Weaknesses
- CWE-413 Improper Resource Locking
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
X serverX.org |
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References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1081338
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/issues/1260
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=1081338;filename=dix-Hold-input-lock-for-AttachDevice.patch;msg=5
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/dc7cb45482cea6ccec22d117ca0b489500b4d0a0
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