CVE-2022-46340

Name
CVE-2022-46340
Description
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs becuase the swap handler for the XTestFakeInput request of the XTest extension may corrupt the stack if GenericEvents with lengths larger than 32 bytes are sent through a the XTestFakeInput request. 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. This issue does not affect systems where client and server use the same byte order.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46340
MISC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151755
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWTH3SNJ3GKYDSN7I3QDGWYEPSMWU6EP/
DEBIAN https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5304
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWTH3SNJ3GKYDSN7I3QDGWYEPSMWU6EP/
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/
MISC https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* x_server == None == 1.20.4

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status