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Debian: CVE-2017-16612: libxcursor, wayland -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-16612: libxcursor, wayland -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/29/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/10/2017
Modified
08/07/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libxcursor
  • debian-upgrade-wayland

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