Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting xorg-x11-server-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-XORGX11SERVERDEVEL-1973023
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Oct 2017

Introduced: 10 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-12177  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 xorg-x11-server-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-x11-server-devel package and not the xorg-x11-server-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was vulnerable to integer overflow in ProcDbeGetVisualInfo function allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.