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CVE-2017-16612
libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows when processing malicious cursors, e.g.,…
High7.5EPSS 5.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 25 days later
· 25 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3622-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20171128 CVE-2017-16612 libXcursor: heap overflows when parsing malicious files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201801-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3501-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171210 [SECURITY] [DLA 1201-1] libxcursor security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [freedesktop-xorg-announce] 20171128 libXcursor 1.1.15 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-4059 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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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