CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-3550

8.8 HIGH Published 2022-10-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-10-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-120

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in X.org Server. Affected by this vulnerability is the function _GetCountedString of the file xkb/xkb.c. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211051.

Affected configurations

• x.org x server (< 21.1.6) • debian debian linux 10.0 • debian debian linux 11.0 • fedoraproject fedora 35 • fedoraproject fedora 36 • fedoraproject fedora 37

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness

References