CVE-2017-16612

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    CVE-2017-16612

    Published: 1 Dec 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html, https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1, https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386, http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156, https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    libXcursor-1.1.14
    libXcursor-1.1.13
    libXcursor-1.1.12
    libXcursor-1.1.11
    libXcursor-1.1.10
    libXcursor-1.1.9
    libXcursor-1.1.8

    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
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