CVE-2017-12181

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-12181
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-24 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:22:00 UTC
Descriptionxorg-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application X.org Xorg-server All All All All
Application X.org Xorg-server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1509222 – (CVE-2017-12181) CVE-2017-12181 xorg-x11-server: unvalidated lengths in XFree86 DGA extension CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
xorg/xserver - X server (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver) CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4000-1 xorg-server DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
X.Org Server: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201711-05) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500821 Alpine Linux Security Update for xorg-server
  • 505579 Alpine Linux Security Update for xorg-server
  • 710370 Gentoo Linux X.Org Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201711-05)
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