Debian: CVE-2017-16612: libxcursor, wayland -- security update
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
11/29/2017
07/25/2018
12/10/2017
08/07/2020
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.
Solution(s)
- debian-upgrade-libxcursor
- debian-upgrade-wayland
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