CVE-2017-12187

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    CVE-2017-12187

    Published: 24 Jan 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

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

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509217, https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=cad5a1050b7184d828aef9c1dd151c3ab649d37e

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -b96e982e3a43513549636850186ff80a82190f64

    Affected versions

    xorg-server-1.19.4
    xorg-server-1.19.3
    xorg-server-1.19.2
    xorg-server-1.19.1
    xorg-server-1.19.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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