Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 24, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-12176
CVE-2017-12176
Description
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing extra length validation in ProcEstablishConnection function allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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Affected products
15- Range: <1.19.5
- osv-coords13 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/xorg-x11-server&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 1.20.13-1.2+ 12 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.20.13-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-27.122.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-27.122.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-27.122.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
- The X.Org Foundation/xorg-x11-serverv5Range: before 1.19.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000nvdThird Party Advisory
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