CVE-2022-46343

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• use-after-free

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46343
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151758
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5304
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46343
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151758
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5304
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30

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