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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXZZ6JBDBVBYPDI6DUTY6N36GNW37YHK/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5278
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7W3NXSYK4P3XCZQBI3U6UWP4DPZIMRZ/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOEDFBYPSE3EMVHTEFCVEJD2R2Y5F2A5/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QTPFVGYTOY4EWTJEBH3YGDTTU57FZAK/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00012.html
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=11beef0b7f1ed290348e45618e5fa0d2bffcb72e
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.211051
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0041
EPSS Percentile
61.4%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
fedoraproject/fedora
35
fedoraproject/fedora
36
fedoraproject/fedora
37
x.org/x_server
< 21.1.6
Published
Oct 17, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026