{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "xorg-x11-server", "vendor": "The X.Org Foundation", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "before 1.19.5"}]}], "datePublic": "2017-10-10T00:00:00", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-391", "description": "CWE-391", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2018-02-02T10:57:01", "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749", "shortName": "redhat"}, "references": [{"name": "DSA-4000", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_DEBIAN"], "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000"}, {"name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20171122 [SECURITY] [DLA 1186-1] xorg-server security update", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST"], "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509219"}, {"name": "GLSA-201711-05", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_GENTOO"], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=859b08d523307eebde7724fd1a0789c44813e821"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "DATE_PUBLIC": "2017-10-10T00:00:00", "ID": "CVE-2017-12178", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "xorg-x11-server", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "before 1.19.5"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "The X.Org Foundation"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "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."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "CWE-391"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "DSA-4000", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000"}, {"name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20171122 [SECURITY] [DLA 1186-1] xorg-server security update", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html"}, {"name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509219", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509219"}, {"name": "GLSA-201711-05", "refsource": "GENTOO", "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05"}, {"name": "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=859b08d523307eebde7724fd1a0789c44813e821", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=859b08d523307eebde7724fd1a0789c44813e821"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T18:28:16.689Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "DSA-4000", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_DEBIAN", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000"}, {"name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20171122 [SECURITY] [DLA 1186-1] xorg-server security update", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509219"}, {"name": "GLSA-201711-05", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_GENTOO", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=859b08d523307eebde7724fd1a0789c44813e821"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749", "assignerShortName": "redhat", "cveId": "CVE-2017-12178", "datePublished": "2018-01-24T15:00:00Z", "dateReserved": "2017-08-01T00:00:00", "dateUpdated": "2024-09-16T16:18:38.414Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "C11E6FB0-C8C0-4527-9AA0-CB9B316F8F43", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "DEECE5FC-CACF-4496-A3E7-164736409252", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "B7738370-58C4-4212-9AF1-5E61186C837F", "versionEndExcluding": "1.19.5", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "xorg-x11-server en versiones anteriores a la 1.19.5 ten\u00eda una validaci\u00f3n extra de longitud equivocada en la funci\u00f3n ProcXIChangeHierarchy, lo que permit\u00eda que atacantes remotos permitan que el cliente malicioso X provoque que el servidor X se cierre inesperadamente o que, posiblemente, ejecute c\u00f3digo arbitrario."}], "id": "CVE-2017-12178", "lastModified": "2025-08-29T13:42:30.557", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": true, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 7.5, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}], "cvssMetricV30": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2018-01-24T15:29:00.370", "references": [{"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": ["Issue Tracking", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509219"}, {"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": ["Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=859b08d523307eebde7724fd1a0789c44813e821"}, {"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html"}, {"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05"}, {"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Issue Tracking", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509219"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=859b08d523307eebde7724fd1a0789c44813e821"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000"}], "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-391"}], "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "type": "Secondary"}, {"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-20"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

{"acknowledgement": "Red Hat would like to thank the Xorg project for reporting this issue.", "bugzilla": {"description": "xorg-x11-server: wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy", "id": "1509219", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509219"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "7.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-391", "details": ["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."], "name": "CVE-2017-12178", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "xorg-x11-server", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "xorg-x11-server", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "xorg-x11-server", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "xorg-x11-server", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2017-10-10T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12178\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12178"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

{}