CVE-2017-12185 | BDVDB-2026-95686 Detail

Description#

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in MIT-SCREEN-SAVER 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://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=cad5a1050b7184d828aef9c1dd151c3ab649d37e
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509215

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-01-24Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.