CVE-2017-16612
N/A
Published: December 1, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:09 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLibxcursor
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows when processing malicious cursors, e.g., with programs like GIMP. It is also possible that an attack vector exists against the related code in cursor/xcursor.c in Wayland through 1.14.0.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingTool SignatureVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.htmlx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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