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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-46343

CVE-2022-46343

Description

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.

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