CVE-2017-13723
N/A
Published: October 9, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:05 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxX server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
In X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.19.4, a local attacker authenticated to the X server could overflow a global buffer, causing crashes of the X server or potentially other problems by injecting large or malformed XKB related atoms and accessing them via xkbcomp.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/04/10VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101253x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=94f11ca5cf011ef123bd222cabeaef6f424d76acMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2017-October/002808.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-30Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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