CVE-2017-16612

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-16612
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-01 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionlibXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows when processing malicious cursors, e.g., with programs like GIMP. It is also possible that an attack vector exists against the related code in cursor/xcursor.c in Wayland through 1.14.0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 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 Libxcursor All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CLD-156 Details af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.cucumberlinux.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3622-1: Wayland vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
oss-security - CVE-2017-16612 libXcursor: heap overflows when parsing malicious files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
'[ANNOUNCE] libXcursor 1.1.15' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Third Party Advisory
libwayland-cursor heap overflow fix af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.freedesktop.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1201-1] libxcursor security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
LibXcursor: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201801-04) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
wayland/wayland - Wayland Compositor Infrastructure (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org
USN-3501-1: libxcursor vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4059-1 libxcursor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 1065386 – VUL-0: CVE-2017-16612: libXcursor: heap overflows when parsing malicious files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Tool Signature, VDB Entry
xorg/lib/libXcursor - X.org libXcursor library. (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxcursor) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500337 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxcursor
  • 504101 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxcursor
  • 710238 Gentoo Linux LibXcursor User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Vulnerability (GLSA 201801-04)
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