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CVE-2017-12179

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.37%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-01-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-12179
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.37%

Original NVD Description

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was vulnerable to integer overflow in (S)ProcXIBarrierReleasePointer functions allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.