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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-12179 json

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was vulnerable to integer overflow in (S)ProcXIBarrierReleasePointer functions allowing malicious X client to…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-3754

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • x.org x_server 1.19.5
  • xorg-server Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:1.19.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12179

  • xorg-server Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.11
  • xorg-server Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7
  • xorg-server-hwe-16.04 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.4
  • xorg-server-lts-xenial Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12179

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • xorg-x11-server SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
  • xorg-x11-server SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 7.4-27.122.16.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:3047-1SUSE-SU-2017:3025-1

  • xorg-server Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +16 more 1.19.5-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-12179

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-12179 updated cvss 7.5

xorg-x11-server: Integer overflow and unvalidated length in (S)ProcXIBarrierReleasePointer

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xorg-x11-server Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 xorg-x11-server, xorg-x11-server-Xdmx, xorg-x11-server-Xorg, xorg-x11-server-Xvfb, xorg-x11-server-Xnest, xorg-x11-server-common, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 xorg-x11-server, xorg-x11-server-Xdmx, xorg-x11-server-Xorg, xorg-x11-server-Xvfb, xorg-x11-server-Xnest, xorg-x11-server-common, +3 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 xorg-x11-server, xorg-x11-server-Xdmx, xorg-x11-server-Xorg, xorg-x11-server-Xvfb, xorg-x11-server-Xnest, xorg-x11-server-common, +2 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • The X.Org Foundation xorg-x11-server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-391 DEPRECATED: Unchecked Error Condition
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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