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CVE-2022-49737

HIGH
7.7
CVSS Score
Published: March 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorX server

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Severity
HIGH7.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

In X.Org X server 20.11 through 21.1.16, when a client application uses easystroke for mouse gestures, the main thread modifies various data structures used by the input thread without acquiring a lock, aka a race condition. In particular, AttachDevice in dix/devices.c does not acquire an input lock.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

X server· X Org
95%
20.11 ≤ v ≤ 21.1.1620.11

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=1081338;filename=dix-Hold-input-lock-for-AttachDevice.patch;msg=5
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1081338
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/dc7cb45482cea6ccec22d117ca0b489500b4d0a0
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/issues/1260

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.7HIGHmitre
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-413

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