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CVE-2022-46342 — A vulnerability was found in X

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the XvdiSelectVideoNotify request may write to memory after it has been freed. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X se

CVSS
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EPSS
0.14% (top 66.50%)
CWE
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Published
2022-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-04-22T15:21:21.802Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the XvdiSelectVideoNotify request may write to memory after it has been freed. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X se

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / xorgx11-server — xorg-x11-server-1.20.4

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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