CVE-2022-3553

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.7%

Medium (6.5) in x.org x server. EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in X.org Server. This affects an unknown part of the file hw/xquartz/X11Controller.m of the component xquartz. The manipulation leads to denial of service. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211053 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

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

EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-404
Published: 2022-10-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

x.org:x_server

References

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=dfd057996b26420309c324ec844a5ba6dd07eda3
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
https://vuldb.com/?id.211053
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=dfd057996b26420309c324ec844a5ba6dd07eda3
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30

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