CVE-2022-46344

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5304

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/

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/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151760

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46344

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3