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CVE-2022-4283

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-4283 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the XkbCopyNames function of X.Org, affecting Debian, Fedora, Red Hat, and X.Org products. This flaw allows for out-of-bounds memory access, potentially leading to local privilege escalation on systems with a privileged X server or remote code execution via SSH X forwarding sessions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires local privileges, resulting in high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.20.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0096 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSIONFixed in: tigervnc-0:1.1.0-25.el6_10.13
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: tigervnc-0:1.8.0-23.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.4-21.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-10.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-15.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: tigervnc-0:1.12.0-15.el8_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-17.el9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-7.el9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: tigervnc-0:1.12.0-13.el9_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-4283Important

xorg-x11-server: XkbGetKbdByName use-after-free

Dec 14, 2022

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2022-4283
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NELB7YDWRABYYBG4UPTHRBDTKJRV5M2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXDF2O5PPLE3SVAJJYUOSAD5QZ4TWQ2G
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z67QC4C3I2FI2WRFIUPEHKC36J362MLA
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-30
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5304
Third Party Advisory