High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-2320
CVE-2022-2320
Description
A 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.
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Affected products
48(expand)+ 1 more
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- osv-coords46 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/xorg-x11-server-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/xorg-x11-server-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/xorg-x11-server-sourcepkg:rpm/almalinux/xorg-x11-server-Xdmxpkg:rpm/almalinux/xorg-x11-server-Xephyrpkg:rpm/almalinux/xorg-x11-server-Xnestpkg:rpm/almalinux/xorg-x11-server-Xorgpkg:rpm/almalinux/xorg-x11-server-Xvfbpkg:rpm/almalinux/xorg-x11-server-Xwaylandpkg:rpm/opensuse/xorg-x11-server&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/xorg-x11-server&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/xorg-x11-server&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/freedesktop/xorg-xserver/commit/dd8caf39e9e15d8f302e54045dd08d8ebf1025dcnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/938nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/939nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2022-July/003192.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-30nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0003/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-963/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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