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.
CVE-2022-46344
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-12-14. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 45(Track)EG Risk 45/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity88% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 84.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 14, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (16)
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46344
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151760
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/
- secalert@redhathttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
- secalert@redhathttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5304
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46344
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151760
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-46344(5)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2025:12751Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: tigervnc security update
- RHSA-2023:2805Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update
- RHSA-2023:2806Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2023:2249Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update
- RHSA-2023:2248Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server security and bug fix update
Patch Availability(11)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | xserver-common (2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.3) @ kinetic | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | xserver-xephyr-hwe-16.04 (2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.6+esm4) @ xenial | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | tigervnc-0:1.1.0-25.el6_10.13 | 2025-08-04 | redhat |
| redhat | xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-15.el8 | 2023-05-16 | redhat |
| redhat | xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-10.el8 | 2023-05-16 | redhat |
| redhat | tigervnc-0:1.12.0-15.el8_8 | 2023-05-16 | redhat |
| redhat | xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-17.el9 | 2023-05-09 | redhat |
| redhat | xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-7.el9 | 2023-05-09 | redhat |
| redhat | tigervnc-0:1.12.0-13.el9_2 | 2023-05-09 | redhat |
| redhat | xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.4-21.el7_9 | 2023-01-09 | redhat |
| redhat | tigervnc-0:1.8.0-23.el7_9 | 2023-01-09 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(6)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2023:0045IMPORTANT2022-12-14
RHSA-2023:0045 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:0046IMPORTANT2022-12-14
RHSA-2023:0046 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:2257IMPORTANT2022-12-14
RHSA-2023:2257 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:2830IMPORTANT2022-12-14
RHSA-2023:2830 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-5778-1MEDIUM
X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5778-2MEDIUM
X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
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