CVE-2022-46341

A vulnerability was found in X.Org

High · published December 14, 2022

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
3%
Percentile
85.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the XIPassiveUngrab request accesses out-of-bounds memory when invoked with a high keycode or button code. 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02717 · 85.9th percentile
Published
2022-12-14T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 DEC 00:00Z
    A vulnerability was found in X.Org
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