CVE-2012-1699Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Xfree86

Severity
3.6LOWNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 21
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The ProcSetEventMask function in difs/events.c in the xfs font server for X.Org X11R6 through X11R6.6 and XFree86 before 3.3.3 calls the SendErrToClient function with a mask value instead of a pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information from memory via a SetEventMask request that triggers an invalid pointer dereference.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:P/I:N/A:PExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages2 packages

NVDxfree86/xfree863.3.2
NVDx/x.org_x116 versions+5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5m3w-c4wf-7pp9: The ProcSetEventMask function in difs/events2022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2012-1699: The ProcSetEventMask function in difs/events2012-12-21

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
xorg-x11: DoS and information leak in xfs prior to X11R6.72012-07-24

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-1699 xorg-x11: DoS and information leak in xfs prior to X11R6.72012-07-24
CVE-2012-1699 — Xfree86 vulnerability | cvebase