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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-16612): libxcursor vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-16612): libxcursor vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/29/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/29/2017
Modified
11/11/2024

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libwayland-bin
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libwayland-client0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libwayland-cursor0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libwayland-dev
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libwayland-doc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libwayland-server0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxcursor1

References

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