CVE-2012-1699
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 2.0
- 3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- x/x.org x11 · xfree86/xfree86
- Source
- secalert_us@oracle.com
References
- http://invisible-island.net/ansification/ansify-xfs-cve.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2012-July/002040.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135765511704334&w=2
- http://twitter.com/bsdaemon/status/228958599790071809
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_1699_denial_of
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842841
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19369
- http://invisible-island.net/ansification/ansify-xfs-cve.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2012-July/002040.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135765511704334&w=2
- http://twitter.com/bsdaemon/status/228958599790071809
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_1699_denial_of
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842841
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19369
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.