CVE-2022-3550

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 73.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-10-17 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-15 13:43Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-10-17

Assigning CNA

VulDB

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8985d24ea4d4017a79395fa034f8aea9a35b4c3085dfd9c0b63edbd4c8118344

• cgit.freedesktop.orghttps://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=11beef0b7f1ed290348e45618e5fa0d2bffcb72e
• vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.211051
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221110 [SECURITY] [DLA 3185-1] xorg-server security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00012.htmlmailing-list
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-64ad80875chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXZZ6JBDBVBYPDI6DUTY6N36GNW37YHK/vendor-advisory
• www.debian.orgDSA-5278https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5278vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-613e993500https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7W3NXSYK4P3XCZQBI3U6UWP4DPZIMRZ/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-5495b36bedhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOEDFBYPSE3EMVHTEFCVEJD2R2Y5F2A5/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-9100b7aafdhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QTPFVGYTOY4EWTJEBH3YGDTTU57FZAK/vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202305-30https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30vendor-advisory