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CVE-2017-16612

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 5.17%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-12-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2017-16612
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.17%

Original NVD Description

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.

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