CVE-2017-12179
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 0.84%Published: 1/24/2018Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2017-12179DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12179
Description
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was vulnerable to integer overflow in (S)ProcXIBarrierReleasePointer functions allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/xorg-serverfrom 0, < 1.19.5-r0
- Debian/xorg-serverfrom 0, < 2:1.19.5-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |