CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-46344
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-12-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- 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-125
Description
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the XIChangeProperty request has a length-validation issues, resulting in out-of-bounds memory reads and potential information disclosure. 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.
Affected configurations
• x.org x server 1.20.4
• fedoraproject fedora 36
• fedoraproject fedora 37
• debian debian linux 11.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1 www.openwall.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46344 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151760 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30 security.gentoo.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5304 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1 www.openwall.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46344 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151760 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30 security.gentoo.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5304 Third Party Advisory