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CVE-2017-12178
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-01-24T15:29:00.370 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:02:50.883

Summary

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 had wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy function allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

debian — debian_linux

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References

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