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CVE-2022-3550

Published: 17 October 2022

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
xorg server is actually the xorg-server package
the xorg package only contains docs
xwayland package contains parts of xorg-server

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
xorg-server
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.12)
focal
Released (2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.4)
jammy
Released (2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2.3)
kinetic
Released (2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.1)
lunar
Released (2:21.1.5-1ubuntu1)
trusty
Released (2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.11+esm6)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12+esm4)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=11beef0b7f1ed290348e45618e5fa0d2bffcb72e
xorg-server-hwe-16.04
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.6+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
xorg-server-hwe-18.04
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.8)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-utopic
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-vivid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-wily
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xwayland
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy
Released (2:22.1.1-1ubuntu0.3)
kinetic
Released (2:22.1.3-2ubuntu0.1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2:22.1.5-1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H