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    CVE-2017-16612

    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.

    Published:Nov 25, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Dec 1, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.03557
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    X
    Product
    Libxcursor

    Exploits

    https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    References

    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High