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CVE-2017-12182

Published: Jan 24, 2018Updated: Aug 29, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-391
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
4.3%
Top 10.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in XFree86 DRI extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-391CWE-20

Affected Products

debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
x serverx.org
On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
xorg-x11-serverThe X.Org Foundation
On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
x.orgoss-projectUSOperating Systems
the x.org foundationoss-projectOperating Systemsaka xorg-x11-server, xorg

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509223
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=1b1d4c04695dced2463404174b50b3581dbd857b
cgit.freedesktop.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html
lists.debian.org
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Timeline

Published
Jan 24, 2018
Last Updated
Aug 29, 2025

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