Vulnerability Details CVE-2022-46344
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.008
EPSS Ranking 73.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46344
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151760
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5304
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46344
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151760
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5304
Products affected by CVE-2022-46344
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.20.4
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0