A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs becuase the swap handler for the XTestFakeInput request of the XTest extension may corrupt the stack if GenericEvents with lengths larger than 32 bytes are sent through a the XTestFakeInput request. 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. This issue does not affect systems where client and server use the same byte order.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-12-14T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:31:46.324Z

Reserved: 2022-11-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-46340

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-14T21:15:13.110

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:30:25.067

Link: CVE-2022-46340

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-46340 - Bugzilla