CVE-2022-4283

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs because the XkbCopyNames function leaves a dangling pointer to freed memory, resulting in out-of-bounds memory access on subsequent XkbGetKbdByName requests. This flaw can lead to local privilege elevation on systems where the X server runs privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.

Xorg server does not run with root privileges in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9, therefore Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 have been rated with Moderate severity.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.