CVE-2022-3550

Description

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.

References

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

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

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

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OXZZ6JBDBVBYPDI6DUTY6N36GNW37YHK/

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

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/X7W3NXSYK4P3XCZQBI3U6UWP4DPZIMRZ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IOEDFBYPSE3EMVHTEFCVEJD2R2Y5F2A5/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3QTPFVGYTOY4EWTJEBH3YGDTTU57FZAK/

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