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GHSA-r7g2-76rh-rjm8
GHSA-r7g2-76rh-rjm8
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 1, 2022
The XInput extension in X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests related to byte swapping and heap corruption within multiple functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4990.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 1, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (4 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39759 url
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10372 url
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html url
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=643 url
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28273 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28536 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28539 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28540 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28543 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28550 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28584 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28718 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28885 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28941 url
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232 url
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103200-1 url
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-078.htm url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021 url
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