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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-3550 Detail

Description

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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=11beef0b7f1ed290348e45618e5fa0d2bffcb72e CVE, VulDB Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00012.html CVE, VulDB Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QTPFVGYTOY4EWTJEBH3YGDTTU57FZAK/ CVE, VulDB
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOEDFBYPSE3EMVHTEFCVEJD2R2Y5F2A5/ CVE, VulDB
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXZZ6JBDBVBYPDI6DUTY6N36GNW37YHK/ CVE, VulDB
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7W3NXSYK4P3XCZQBI3U6UWP4DPZIMRZ/ CVE, VulDB
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30 CVE, VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?id.211051 CVE, VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5278 CVE, VulDB Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-3550
NVD Published Date:
10/17/2022
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
VulDB