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.
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Published : 2022-12-14 21:15
Updated : 2025-04-22 16:15
NVD link : CVE-2022-46340
Mitre link : CVE-2022-46340
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-46340
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Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux
fedoraproject
- fedora
debian
- debian_linux
x.org
- x_server
CWE
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write