| Name | CVE-2017-12178 |
| Description | xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 had wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy function allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1186-1, DSA-4000-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xorg-server (PTS) | bullseye | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8 | fixed |
| trixie | 2:21.1.14-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2:21.1.14-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=859b08d523307eebde7724fd1a0789c44813e821