Vulnerability CVE-2017-13723: Information

Description

In X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.19.4, a local attacker authenticated to the X server could overflow a global buffer, causing crashes of the X server or potentially other problems by injecting large or malformed XKB related atoms and accessing them via xkbcomp.

Severity: HIGH (7.8) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published: Oct. 10, 2017
Modified: Feb. 4, 2018
Error type identifier: CWE-119

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      End including
      1.19.3

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*