VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-3550
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in X.org Server.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.57%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in X.org Server. Affected by this vulnerability is the function _GetCountedString of the file xkb/xkb.c. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211051.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.57% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-120
- Affected
- x.org/x server · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=11beef0b7f1ed290348e45618e5fa0d2bffcb72eMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QTPFVGYTOY4EWTJEBH3YGDTTU57FZAK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOEDFBYPSE3EMVHTEFCVEJD2R2Y5F2A5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXZZ6JBDBVBYPDI6DUTY6N36GNW37YHK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7W3NXSYK4P3XCZQBI3U6UWP4DPZIMRZ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
- https://vuldb.com/?id.211051Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5278Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=11beef0b7f1ed290348e45618e5fa0d2bffcb72eMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QTPFVGYTOY4EWTJEBH3YGDTTU57FZAK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOEDFBYPSE3EMVHTEFCVEJD2R2Y5F2A5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXZZ6JBDBVBYPDI6DUTY6N36GNW37YHK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7W3NXSYK4P3XCZQBI3U6UWP4DPZIMRZ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
- https://vuldb.com/?id.211051Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5278Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.