CVE-2022-2319
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 1, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:41 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsX serverXorg X11-server
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server. An out-of-bounds access issue can occur in the ProcXkbSetGeometry function due to improper validation of the request length.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/938PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/939PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2022-July/003192.htmlVendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-30Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0003/Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-964/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-1320NVD-CWE-Other
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