CVE-2017-12183

Published: Jan 24, 2018

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in XFIXES 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

DSA-4000

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=55caa8b08c84af2b50fbc936cf334a5a93dd7db5

x_refsource_CONFIRM

[debian-lts-announce] 20171122 [SECURITY] [DLA 1186-1] xorg-server security update

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

GLSA-201711-05

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509224

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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CVE-2017-12183

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