7.7High

CVE-2022-49737

X.org X server Published: 2025-03-16 03:00 (1 year ago)

Description

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.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-413

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
X.org	X server	20.11 – ≤ 21.1.16

References and patches

CVSS score

7.7High

Source: mitre · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: High
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: High

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

All scores (2)

cna	CVSS 3.1	7.7High
cve@mitre.org	CVSS 3.1	7.7High

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.34%

higher than 28% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Timeline

ID reserved2025-03-16
Published2025-03-16 03:00
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:38
Last updated2026-06-17 08:19

Assigned by (CNA): mitre
NVD status: Deferred

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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