CVE-2017-16612

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.

• CWE-190

• http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386Issue Tracking, Tool Signature, VDB Entry
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html
• https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html
• https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059Third Party Advisory
• http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386Issue Tracking, Tool Signature, VDB Entry
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html
• https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html
• https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059Third Party Advisory

Published

Dec 1, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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