CVE-2022-2320

Summary

CVECVE-2022-2320
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-01 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-02-01 02:27:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server. The specific flaw exists within the handling of ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory access past the end of an allocated buffer. This flaw allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X.org Xorg-server 21.1.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
[server 21.1] Fix CVE-2022-2319, CVE-2022-2320 (!939) · Merge requests · xorg / xserver · GitLab MISC gitlab.freedesktop.org
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
September 2022 X.Org X Server Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
2106683 – (CVE-2022-2320, ZDI-CAN-16070) CVE-2022-2320 xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds access in ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo request handler of the Xkb extension MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
ZDI-22-963 | Zero Day Initiative MISC www.zerodayinitiative.com
X.Org Security Advisory: July 12, 2022 MISC lists.freedesktop.org
xkb: swap XkbSetDeviceInfo and XkbSetDeviceInfoCheck · freedesktop/xorg-xserver@dd8caf3 · GitHub MISC github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
X.Org X server, XWayland: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-30) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Fix CVE-2022-2319, CVE-2022-2320 (!938) · Merge requests · xorg / xserver · GitLab MISC gitlab.freedesktop.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160023 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (ELSA-2022-5905)
  • 160220 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11-server-xwayland (ELSA-2022-7583)
  • 160269 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (ELSA-2022-8221)
  • 160298 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server-xwayland (ELSA-2022-8222)
  • 180917 Debian Security Update for xorg-server (DLA 3068-1)
  • 180918 Debian Security Update for xorg-server (DSA 5199-1)
  • 183307 Debian Security Update for xwaylandxorg-server (CVE-2022-2320)
  • 198854 Ubuntu Security Notification for X.Org X Server Vulnerabilities (USN-5510-1)
  • 240593 Red Hat Update for xorg-x11-server (RHSA-2022:5905)
  • 240841 Red Hat Update for xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11-server-xwayland (RHSA-2022:7583)
  • 240872 Red Hat Update for xorg-x11-server (RHSA-2022:8221)
  • 240883 Red Hat Update for xorg-x11-server-xwayland (RHSA-2022:8222)
  • 257186 CentOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (CESA-2022:5905)
  • 282936 Fedora Security Update for xorg (FEDORA-2022-856bb475b7)
  • 282937 Fedora Security Update for xorg (FEDORA-2022-6807c29d58)
  • 282983 Fedora Security Update for xorg (FEDORA-2022-8e787b2a5c)
  • 282984 Fedora Security Update for xorg (FEDORA-2022-573714ca6b)
  • 296083 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 49.126.2 Missing (CPUOCT2022)
  • 354077 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for xorg-x11-server : ALAS2-2022-1856
  • 354751 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for xorg-x11-server : ALAS-2023-1689
  • 355062 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for xorg-x11-server : AL2012-2023-386
  • 502430 Alpine Linux Security Update for xorg-server
  • 502970 Alpine Linux Security Update for xorg-server
  • 505837 Alpine Linux Security Update for xorg-server
  • 672143 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2022-2452)
  • 672206 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2022-2484)
  • 672227 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2022-2640)
  • 672267 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2022-2672)
  • 672279 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2022-2704)
  • 672334 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2022-2785)
  • 672385 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2022-2750)
  • 710658 Gentoo Linux X.Org X server, XWayland Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-30)
  • 752337 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2022:2375-1)
  • 752339 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2022:2369-1)
  • 752343 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2022:2373-1)
  • 752344 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2022:2374-1)
  • 752345 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2022:2370-1)
  • 752346 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2022:2371-1)
  • 940755 AlmaLinux Security Update for xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (ALSA-2022:7583)
  • 940806 AlmaLinux Security Update for xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (ALSA-2022:8222)
  • 940807 AlmaLinux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (ALSA-2022:8221)
  • 960185 Rocky Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (RLSA-2022:7583)
  • 960508 Rocky Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (RLSA-2022:8222)
  • 960627 Rocky Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (RLSA-2022:8221)
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