CVE-2022-46343

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the ScreenSaverSetAttributes request may write to memory after it has been freed. 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
Link Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46343 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151758 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5304 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46343 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151758 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5304 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-12-14 21:15

Updated : 2025-04-22 16:15


NVD link : CVE-2022-46343

Mitre link : CVE-2022-46343

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-46343


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

redhat

  • enterprise_linux

x.org

  • x_server

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-416

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