Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting tigervnc-icons package, versions <0:1.8.0-23.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
35.43% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TIGERVNCICONS-8016329
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed14 Dec 2022

Introduced: 14 Dec 2022

CVE-2022-46340  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tigervnc-icons to version 0:1.8.0-23.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:0045.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tigervnc-icons package and not the tigervnc-icons package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs becuase the swap handler for the XTestFakeInput request of the XTest extension may corrupt the stack if GenericEvents with lengths larger than 32 bytes are sent through a the XTestFakeInput request. 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. This issue does not affect systems where client and server use the same byte order.

CVSS Scores

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