Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.036
EPSS Ranking 87.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
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
Products affected by CVE-2017-16612
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cpe:2.3:a:x:libxcursor:1.1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:x:libxcursor:1.1.11
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cpe:2.3:a:x:libxcursor:1.1.12
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cpe:2.3:a:x:libxcursor:1.1.13
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cpe:2.3:a:x:libxcursor:1.1.14
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cpe:2.3:a:x:libxcursor:1.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:x:libxcursor:1.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:x:libxcursor:1.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:x:libxcursor:1.1.9
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0