CVE-2017-16612 (GCVE-0-2017-16612)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-01 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
12 references
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|---|---|
| https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-de… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/comm… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/detail… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Date Public
2017-11-28 00:00
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}
}
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