CVE-2017-12179
N/A
Published: January 24, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxX server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was vulnerable to integer overflow in (S)ProcXIBarrierReleasePointer functions allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509220x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=d088e3c1286b548a58e62afdc70bb40981cdb9e8Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-391CWE-190
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