CVE-2012-1699
The ProcSetEventMask function in difs/events.c in the xfs font server for X.Org X11R6 through X11R6.6 and XFree86 before 3.3.3 calls the…
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- oracle
Description
The ProcSetEventMask function in difs/events.c in the xfs font server for X.Org X11R6 through X11R6.6 and XFree86 before 3.3.3 calls the SendErrToClient function with a mask value instead of a pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information from memory via a SetEventMask request that triggers an invalid pointer dereference.
Timeline
ID reserved
By oracle
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19369 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://twitter.com/bsdaemon/status/228958599790071809 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_1699_denial_of (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- HPSBUX02829 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842841 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [xorg-announce] 20120724 X.Org security advisory: DoS/info leak in xfs prior to X11R6.7/XFree86 3.3.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://invisible-island.net/ansification/ansify-xfs-cve.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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