PT-2017-12380
CVE-2017-12177
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Published
2017-10-12
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Updated
2019-10-09
Description by
CVSS 3.1
9.8
CriticalMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
xorg-x11-server versions prior to 1.19.5
Description
The issue is related to an integer overflow in the
ProcDbeGetVisualInfo function, which could allow a malicious X client to cause the X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.Recommendations
For versions prior to 1.19.5, update to version 1.19.5 or later to resolve the issue.
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