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HistoryJan 26, 2022 - 2:06 p.m.

xorg-server vulnerabilities

2022-01-2614:06:56
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4

8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

18.1%

USN-5193-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled
certain inputs. An attacker could use this issue to cause the server to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code and escalate privileges.