CVE-2017-16612

7.5 HIGH
Published: December 01, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
View on NVD

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Tool Signature VDB Entry
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Tool Signature VDB Entry
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.7%
88th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-190

Affected Vendors

x canonical debian

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