CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-16612

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit these overflows to execute malicious code, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update libXcursor to version 1.1.15 or later to mitigate these vulnerabilities.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS