CVE-2022-2320

Publication date 12 July 2022

Last updated 18 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server. The specific flaw exists within the handling of ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory access past the end of an allocated buffer. This flaw allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xorg 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-hwe-16.04 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-hwe-18.04 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-server 25.10 questing
Fixed 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu3
25.04 plucky
Fixed 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu3
24.10 oracular
Fixed 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu3
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu3
23.10 mantic
Fixed 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu3
23.04 lunar
Fixed 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu3
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu3
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2.1
21.10 impish
Fixed 2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.11
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12+esm2
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
xorg-server-hwe-16.04 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.6+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-server-hwe-18.04 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.7
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-server-lts-utopic 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-server-lts-vivid 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-server-lts-wily 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xorg-server-lts-xenial 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xwayland 25.10 questing
Fixed 2:22.1.2-1ubuntu1
25.04 plucky
Fixed 2:22.1.2-1ubuntu1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 2:22.1.2-1ubuntu1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2:22.1.2-1ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 2:22.1.2-1ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 2:22.1.2-1ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 2:22.1.2-1ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:22.1.1-1ubuntu0.1
21.10 impish
Fixed 2:21.1.2-0ubuntu1.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Notes

mdeslaur

xorg server is actually the xorg-server package the xorg package only contains docs xwayland package contains parts of xorg-server

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5510-1
    • X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
    • 12 July 2022
    • USN-5510-2
    • X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
    • 12 July 2022

Other references