CVE-2017-16612

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

libXcursor en versiones anteriores a la 1.1.15 tiene varios desbordamientos de enteros que podrían provocar desbordamientos de búfer basados en memoria dinámica (heap) cuando se procesan cursores maliciosos, por ejemplo, con programas como GIMP. También es posible que exista un vector de ataque contra el código relacionado en cursor/xcursor.c en Wayland hasta la versión 1.14.0.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-11-06 CVE Reserved
2017-11-29 CVE Published
2023-05-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6	Mailing List
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386	Issue Tracking
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38	X_refsource_misc
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html	Mailing List
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html	X_refsource_misc
https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156	2018-04-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1	2018-04-11
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04	2018-04-11
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1	2018-04-11
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059	2018-04-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				17.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "17.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				17.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "17.10"		-		Affected
X Search vendor "X"		Libxcursor Search vendor "X" for product "Libxcursor"				<= 1.1.14 Search vendor "X" for product "Libxcursor" and version " <= 1.1.14"		-		Affected