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CVE-2022-4283 A vulnerability was found in X.Org

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.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
xorg-x11-server Versions not published

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