vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-12182: X.Org Server: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 10, 2017
Added
Nov 13, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

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.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-base-xorg-server
Title
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