CVE-2017-16612 | BDVDB-2026-93582 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38
- https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.