vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-46344: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 14, 2022
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Dec 5, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the XIChangeProperty request has a length-validation issues, resulting in out-of-bounds memory reads and potential information disclosure. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.

Solutions

alpine-linux-upgrade-xorg-serveralpine-linux-upgrade-xwayland
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