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Debian: CVE-2022-3550: xorg-server, xwayland -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 17, 2022
Added
Nov 14, 2022
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solutions

debian-upgrade-xorg-serverdebian-upgrade-xwayland
Title
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