CVE-2017-12178 (GCVE-0-2017-12178)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-01-24 15:00
Modified
2024-09-16 16:18
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 had wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy function allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The X.Org Foundation xorg-x11-server Version: before 1.19.5
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