CVE-2017-16612
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.17% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · x/libxcursor
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386Issue Tracking, Tool Signature, VDB Entry
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html
- https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059Third Party Advisory
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386Issue Tracking, Tool Signature, VDB Entry
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html
- https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.