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LIN1021-4915 : Security Advisory - xserver-xorg - CVE-2022-4283

Created: Dec 13, 2022    Updated: Jan 19, 2023
Resolved Date: Jan 19, 2023
Found In Version: 10.21.20.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Userspace

Description

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.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4283

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