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GHSA-3F26-J6R7-9Q8V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-16 03:31 – Updated: 2025-03-16 03:31

Details

In X.Org X server 20.11 through 21.1.16, when a client application uses easystroke for mouse gestures, the main thread modifies various data structures used by the input thread without acquiring a lock, aka a race condition. In particular, AttachDevice in dix/devices.c does not acquire an input lock.

Severity ?

7.7 (High)


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

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CVE-2022-49737 (GCVE-0-2022-49737)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-17 16:07

Summary

Severity ?

7.7 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-413 - Improper Resource Locking

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug…
	https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/iss…
	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att…
	https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/com…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	X.org	X server	Affected: 20.11 , ≤ 21.1.16 (custom)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-3F26-J6R7-9Q8V

CVE-2022-49737 (GCVE-0-2022-49737)

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