CVE-2017-12181

Published: Jan 24, 2018

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in XFree86 DGA extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Vendor	Product	Versions
The X.Org Foundation	xorg-x11-server	affected `before 1.19.5`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-391

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509222

x_refsource_CONFIRM

DSA-4000

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=1b1d4c04695dced2463404174b50b3581dbd857b

x_refsource_CONFIRM

GLSA-201711-05

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

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CVE-2017-12181

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