CVE-2017-12181 | BDVDB-2026-95682 Detail

The X.Org Foundationxorg-x11-server

Description#

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in XFree86 DGA extension 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509222
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=1b1d4c04695dced2463404174b50b3581dbd857b
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-01-24Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-17Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.