CVE-2017-12176 | BDVDB-2026-95677 Detail

The X.Org Foundationxorg-x11-server

Description#

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing extra length validation in ProcEstablishConnection function allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

CWE-391

References#

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509214
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=b747da5e25be944337a9cd1415506fc06b70aa81

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-01-24Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-16Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.