FKIE_CVE-2012-1699

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-12-21 05:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:40
Severity
Summary
The ProcSetEventMask function in difs/events.c in the xfs font server for X.Org X11R6 through X11R6.6 and XFree86 before 3.3.3 calls the SendErrToClient function with a mask value instead of a pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information from memory via a SetEventMask request that triggers an invalid pointer dereference.
References
secalert_us@oracle.comhttp://invisible-island.net/ansification/ansify-xfs-cve.html
secalert_us@oracle.comhttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2012-July/002040.html
secalert_us@oracle.comhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135765511704334&w=2
secalert_us@oracle.comhttp://twitter.com/bsdaemon/status/228958599790071809
secalert_us@oracle.comhttps://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_1699_denial_of
secalert_us@oracle.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842841
secalert_us@oracle.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19369
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://invisible-island.net/ansification/ansify-xfs-cve.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2012-July/002040.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135765511704334&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://twitter.com/bsdaemon/status/228958599790071809
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_1699_denial_of
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842841
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19369
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
x x.org_x11 6.0
x x.org_x11 6.1
x x.org_x11 6.3
x x.org_x11 6.4
x x.org_x11 6.5.1
x x.org_x11 6.6
xfree86 xfree86 *
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