No exploitation reported

CVE-2022-46340

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2022-12-14
WeaknessCWE-787

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs becuase the swap handler for the XTestFakeInput request of the XTest extension may corrupt the stack if GenericEvents with lengths larger than 32 bytes are sent through a the XTestFakeInput request. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions. This issue does not affect systems where client and server use the same byte order.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2022-12-1421:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-46340?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-46340?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Fedoraproject fedora

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
36.x	= 36	no fix published	NVD
37.x	= 37	no fix published	NVD

Debian debian linux

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
11.0	= 11.0	no fix published	NVD

X.org x serverversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
1.20	= 1.20.4	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-04-22
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CISA-ADPCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-787read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-787read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.7 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2022-12-14
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-46340?

Is CVE-2022-46340 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-46340 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.7% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-46340?

CVE-2022-46340 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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