CVE-2017-16612

Publication date 28 November 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxcursor 17.10 artful
Fixed 1:1.1.14-3ubuntu0.1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 1:1.1.14-1ubuntu0.17.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:1.1.14-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:1.1.14-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
wayland 17.10 artful
Fixed 1.14.0-1ubuntu0.1
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life, was needed
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.12.0-1~ubuntu16.04.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.4.0-1ubuntu1.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libxcursor
wayland

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3501-1
    • libxcursor vulnerability
    • 29 November 2017

Other references