CVE - CVE-2017-16612

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-16612	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386 CONFIRM:https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8 DEBIAN:DSA-4059 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059 GENTOO:GLSA-201801-04 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04 MISC:https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38 MISC:https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20171210 [SECURITY] [DLA 1201-1] libxcursor security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html MLIST:[freedesktop-xorg-announce] 20171128 libXcursor 1.1.15 URL:https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20171128 CVE-2017-16612 libXcursor: heap overflows when parsing malicious files URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6 UBUNTU:USN-3501-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1 UBUNTU:USN-3622-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20171106	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20171106)
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