ghsa-w5qv-457x-4w67
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-09-02 00:01
Modified
2022-09-08 00:00
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server. The specific flaw exists within the handling of ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory access past the end of an allocated buffer. This flaw allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-2320"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-787"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-09-01T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server. The specific flaw exists within the handling of ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory access past the end of an allocated buffer. This flaw allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root.",
  "id": "GHSA-w5qv-457x-4w67",
  "modified": "2022-09-08T00:00:29Z",
  "published": "2022-09-02T00:01:02Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2320"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/freedesktop/xorg-xserver/commit/dd8caf39e9e15d8f302e54045dd08d8ebf1025dc"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5905"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7583"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8221"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8222"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2320"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106683"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/938"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/939"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2022-July/003192.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-30"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0003"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-963"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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