CVE-2017-12178

xorg-x11-server: wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · October 10, 2017

Updated · January 14, 2026

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-391 · Unchecked Error Condition