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Buffer Overflow The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package xorg-x11-server-common  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-XORGX11SERVERCOMMON-10666919
  • published9 Jul 2025
  • disclosed17 Oct 2022
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Introduced: 17 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-3550  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-x11-server-common package and not the xorg-x11-server-common package as distributed by RHEL.

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.

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