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CVE-2017-13723

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Description

In X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.19.4, a local attacker authenticated to the X server could overflow a global buffer, causing crashes of the X server or potentially other problems by injecting large or malformed XKB related atoms and accessing them via xkbcomp.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published10/10/2017

Last Modified8/29/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxx.org:x_server

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/04/10(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101253(cve@mitre.org)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=94f11ca5cf011ef123bd222cabeaef6f424d76ac(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2017-October/002808.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-30(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/04/10(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101253(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=94f11ca5cf011ef123bd222cabeaef6f424d76ac(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2017-October/002808.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-30(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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