CVE-2017-12176

CVE-2017-12176

Vendor The X.org Foundation

Product xorg-x11-server

Weakness CWE-391

Published January 24, 2018

Last update September 16, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing extra length validation in ProcEstablishConnection function allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 24, 2018 CVE published

September 16, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12176 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/391.html

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