CVE-2019-17624

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-17624
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-16 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:18:00 UTC
Description"" In X.Org X Server 1.20.4, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function XQueryKeymap. For example, by sending ct.c_char 1000 times, an attacker can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. Note: It is disputed if the X.Org X Server is involved or if there is a stack overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X.org X Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Index of /releases/individual/xserver MISC www.x.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
X.Org X Server 1.20.4 Local Stack Overflow ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory
X.Org X Server 1.20.4 - Local Stack Overflow - Linux local Exploit MISC www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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