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CVE-2022-46343

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 2.37% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-12-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2022-46343
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
2.37%

Original NVD Description

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the ScreenSaverSetAttributes request may write to memory after it has been freed. 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.