ubuntu-cve-2017-12185
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-10-12 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
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{
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"2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.2",
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}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12185",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:19Z",
"published": "2017-10-12T00:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12185"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2017-October/002814.html"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3456-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12185"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-3456-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2017-12185"
]
}
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