CVE-2022-3551

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in X.org Server. Affected by this issue is the function ProcXkbGetKbdByName of the file xkb/xkb.c. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211052.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cna@vuldb.com

Published

2022-10-17

Last modified

2025-04-15

Weaknesses

CWE-401, CWE-404

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Server (X.org)
• X Server (X.org)

References

• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=18f91b950e22c2a342a4fbc55e9ddf7534a707d2
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00012.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QTPFVGYTOY4EWTJEBH3YG…
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOEDFBYPSE3EMVHTEFCVEJ…
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXZZ6JBDBVBYPDI6DUTY6N…
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7W3NXSYK4P3XCZQBI3U6U…
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
• https://vuldb.com/?id.211052
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5278