Description
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was vulnerable to integer overflow in ProcDbeGetVisualInfo function allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509218
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=4ca68b878e851e2136c234f40a25008297d8d831
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0445
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-190
CWE-391
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
x.org/x_server
< 1.19.5
Published
Jan 24, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026