X.org Server xkb.c _GetCountedString buffer overflow
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.5epss 1.6%
exploitation probability
1.6%top 26% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected products
X.org · ServerReferences
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=11beef0b7f1ed290348e45618e5fa0d2bffcb72ehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00012.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QTPFVGYTOY4EWTJEBH3YGDTTU57FZAK/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOEDFBYPSE3EMVHTEFCVEJD2R2Y5F2A5/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXZZ6JBDBVBYPDI6DUTY6N36GNW37YHK/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7W3NXSYK4P3XCZQBI3U6UWP4DPZIMRZ/https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30https://vuldb.com/?id.211051https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5278