CVE-2022-22942

Published: December 13, 2023Last modified: December 14, 2023

Description

The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8
Attack Vector	LOCAL
Attack complexity	LOW
Privileges required	LOW
User interaction	NONE
Scope	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality	HIGH
Integrity impact	HIGH
Availability impact	HIGH
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Status

Product	Release	Package	Status
Alpaquita Linux	23 LTS	linux-lts	Not affected (6.1.50-r0)
Alpaquita Linux	Stream	linux-lts	Not affected (6.1.50-r0)

References

How to Fix Liberica NIK Not Starting on macOS Catalina and Later

If you use macOS Catalina and later you may encounter the issue that prevents Liberica NIK from starting. To fix it, run the following:

sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine path/to/graalvm/folder/

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