8.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2022-3550

Published: 17/10/2022 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in X.org Server. Affected by this vulnerability is the function _GetCountedString of the file xkb/xkb.c. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211051.

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fedoraproject fedora 35

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fedoraproject fedora 37

Vendor Advisories

It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the _getCountedString() function of the Xorg X server may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2:12011-1+deb11u3 We recommend that you upgrade your xorg-server packages For the deta ...
Synopsis Moderate: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for xorg-x11-server-Xwayland is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat Product Security ha ...
Synopsis Moderate: xorg-x11-server security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for xorg-x11-server is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Product Security has rate ...
Synopsis Moderate: xorg-x11-server security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for xorg-x11-server is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat Product Security has rate ...
Synopsis Important: xorg-x11-server security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for xorg-x11-server is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this upd ...
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Xorg Server Affected by this vulnerability is the function _GetCountedString of the file xkb/xkbc The manipulation leads to buffer overflow It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211051 (CVE-2022-3550) A vulnerability, whi ...
DescriptionThe MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as: A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Xorg Server Affected by this vulnerability is the function _GetCountedString of the file xkb/xkbc The manipulation leads to buffer overflow It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue The associated identifier of this vuln ...
ALAS-2022-250 Amazon Linux 2022 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-250 Advisory Release Date: 2022-12-06 16:44 Pacific ...