CVE-2017-16612
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
libXcursor 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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 1.1.15-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:1.1.14-3.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:1.1.14-3.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:1.1.14-3.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:1.1.14-3.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:1.1.14-3.1 |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 17.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 17.10 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| x | libxcursor | {"endIncluding":"1.1.14"} | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-42
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-41
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html
- https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16612.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16612
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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