CVE-2022-46343
Published: 14 December 2022
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | xorg server is actually the xorg-server package the xorg package only contains docs xwayland package contains parts of xorg-server This is ZDI-CAN-19404 |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
xorg-server Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.13)
|
| focal |
Released
(2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.5)
|
|
| jammy |
Released
(2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2.5)
|
|
| kinetic |
Released
(2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.3)
|
|
| lunar |
Released
(2:21.1.5-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| trusty |
Released
(2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.11+esm7)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12+esm5)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
|
|
xorg-server-hwe-16.04 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.6+esm4)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
|
|
xorg-server-hwe-18.04 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.9)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
(2:22.1.1-1ubuntu0.4)
|
|
| kinetic |
Released
(2:22.1.3-2ubuntu0.2)
|
|
| lunar |
Released
(2:22.1.6-1)
|
|
| 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 |