CVE-2022-46343

A vulnerability was found in X.Org

High · published December 14, 2022

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
3%
Percentile
85.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

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
0.02556 · 85.0th percentile
Published
2022-12-14T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 DEC 00:00Z
    A vulnerability was found in X.Org
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