CVE-2017-13723 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-13723 PUBLISHED

In X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.19.4, a local attacker authenticated to the X server could overflow a global buffer, causing crashes of the X server or potentially other problems by injecting large or malformed XKB related atoms and accessing them via xkbcomp.

EPSS 0.14% · 33.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.14%

33.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	xorg-server-hwe-16.04	2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.2, 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1~16.04.2, 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1~16.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	xorg-server-lts-xenial	2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty1, 0, 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	xorg-server	2:1.15.0-1ubuntu1, 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu2, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	xorg-server	2:1.17.3-2ubuntu2, 2:1.17.3-2ubuntu3, 2:1.17.3-2ubuntu4

Timeline

Oct 9, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13723 third-party-advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/31 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3453-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13723 third-party-advisory

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