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    CVE-2012-1699

    The ProcSetEventMask function in difs/events.c in the xfs font server for X.Org X11R6 through X11R6.6 and XFree86 before 3.3.3 calls the SendErrToClient function with a mask value instead of a pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information from memory via a SetEventMask request that triggers an invalid pointer dereference.

    Published:Jul 24, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Dec 21, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.00075
    CVSS Score:3.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    X
    Product
    X.org X11
    Vendor
    Xfree86
    Product
    Xfree86

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    References

    http://invisible-island.net/ansification/ansify-xfs-cve.html
    http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2012-July/002040.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135765511704334&w=2
    http://twitter.com/bsdaemon/status/228958599790071809
    https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_1699_denial_of
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842841
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19369
    http://invisible-island.net/ansification/ansify-xfs-cve.html
    http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2012-July/002040.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135765511704334&w=2
    http://twitter.com/bsdaemon/status/228958599790071809
    https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_1699_denial_of
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842841
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19369

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    Low
    High