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CVE-2017-12178 Detail

Current Description

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 had wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy function allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  01/24/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Insufficient_Info
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509219 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=859b08d523307eebde7724fd1a0789c44813e821 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000 Third Party Advisory

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-12178
NVD Published Date:
01/24/2018
NVD Last Modified:
02/07/2018