Use After Free Affecting xwayland package, versions <22.1.6-r0
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
10.43% (96th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-XWAYLAND-7015211
- published 23 May 2024
- disclosed 14 Dec 2022
Introduced: 14 Dec 2022
CVE-2022-46342 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.20 xwayland to version 22.1.6-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xwayland package and not the xwayland package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the XvdiSelectVideoNotify request may write to memory after it has been freed. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X se
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0045
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0046
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46342
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151757
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5304
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
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