CVE-2017-12179

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was vulnerable to integer overflow in (S)ProcXIBarrierReleasePointer functions allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509220	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=d088e3c1286b548a58e62afdc70bb40981cdb9e8	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-01-24 15:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:25

NVD link : CVE-2017-12179

Mitre link : CVE-2017-12179

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-12179

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

x.org

xorg-server

CWE

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-391

Unchecked Error Condition

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