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.
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Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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X.org xorg-server
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X.org x Server
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2025-04-14T18:13:03.382Z
Reserved: 2022-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2022-4283

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:49.985Z

Status : Modified
Published: 2022-12-14T21:15:14.980
Modified: 2025-08-29T13:42:30.557
Link: CVE-2022-4283


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