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CVE-2022-4283

Published: 14 December 2022

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the XkbCopyNames function left a dangling pointer to freed memory, resulting in out-of-bounds memory access on subsequent XkbGetKbdByName requests.. 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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
xorg server is actually the xorg-server package
the xorg package only contains docs
xwayland package contains parts of xorg-server
This is ZDI-CAN-19530

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
xorg-server
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.13)
focal
Released (2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.5)
jammy
Released (2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2.5)
kinetic
Released (2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.3)
lunar
Released (2:21.1.5-1ubuntu1)
trusty
Released (2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.11+esm7)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12+esm5)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
xorg-server-hwe-16.04
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.6+esm4)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
xorg-server-hwe-18.04
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

bionic
Released (2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.9)
xorg-server-lts-utopic
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-vivid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-wily
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xwayland
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

kinetic
Released (2:22.1.3-2ubuntu0.2)
lunar
Released (2:22.1.6-1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

jammy
Released (2:22.1.1-1ubuntu0.4)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H