CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-12184

Unchecked Error Condition

Published: Jan 24, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in XINERAMA extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Weakness

[PLANNED FOR DEPRECATION. SEE MAINTENANCE NOTES AND CONSIDER CWE-252, CWE-248, OR CWE-1069.] Ignoring exceptions and other error conditions may allow an attacker to induce unexpected behavior unnoticed.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Debian_linux Debian 8.0 (including) 8.0 (including)
Debian_linux Debian 9.0 (including) 9.0 (including)
Xorg-server Ubuntu devel *
Xorg-server Ubuntu trusty *
Xorg-server Ubuntu upstream *
Xorg-server Ubuntu xenial *
Xorg-server Ubuntu zesty *
Xorg-server-hwe-16.04 Ubuntu upstream *
Xorg-server-hwe-16.04 Ubuntu xenial *
Xorg-server-lts-utopic Ubuntu trusty *
Xorg-server-lts-vivid Ubuntu trusty *
Xorg-server-lts-wily Ubuntu trusty *
Xorg-server-lts-xenial Ubuntu trusty *
Xorg-server-lts-xenial Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References