Improper Resource Locking Affecting xorg-server package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XORGSERVER-9459051
  • published16 Mar 2025
  • disclosed16 Mar 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2022-49737  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-413  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Resource Locking due to improper synchronization in the AttachDevice function. An attacker can manipulate shared data structures and potentially cause incorrect behavior or crashes by exploiting the race condition.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1