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CVE-2022-3550

Date: October 16, 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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (18)

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QTPFVGYTOY4EWTJEBH3YGDTTU57FZAK/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOEDFBYPSE3EMVHTEFCVEJD2R2Y5F2A5/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXZZ6JBDBVBYPDI6DUTY6N36GNW37YHK/

Url: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=11beef0b7f1ed290348e45618e5fa0d2bffcb72e

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2022-3550

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOEDFBYPSE3EMVHTEFCVEJD2R2Y5F2A5/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXZZ6JBDBVBYPDI6DUTY6N36GNW37YHK/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3550

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5278

Url: https://vuldb.com/?id.211051

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QTPFVGYTOY4EWTJEBH3YGDTTU57FZAK/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7W3NXSYK4P3XCZQBI3U6UWP4DPZIMRZ/

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00012.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3550

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7W3NXSYK4P3XCZQBI3U6UWP4DPZIMRZ/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-3550

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-3550

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-120

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

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CVE-2022-3550

Date: October 16, 2022

Language: C

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