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CVE-2022-49737

Date: March 15, 2025

In X.Org X server 20.11 through 21.1.16, when a client application uses easystroke for mouse gestures, the main thread modifies various data structures used by the input thread without acquiring a lock, aka a race condition. In particular, AttachDevice in dix/devices.c does not acquire an input lock.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/issues/1260
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=1081338;filename=dix-Hold-input-lock-for-AttachDevice.patch;msg=5
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1081338
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49737
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/dc7cb45482cea6ccec22d117ca0b489500b4d0a0
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49737
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-49737

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Resource Locking

CWE-413

CVSS v3.1

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

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