{"id":"CVE-2017-16612","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16612","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:46:55.520Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-12-01T17:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:09:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-190"],"affected":["debian/debian linux","canonical/ubuntu linux","x/libxcursor"],"epss":{"score":0.05173,"percentile":0.92405,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386","tags":["Issue Tracking","Tool Signature","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386","tags":["Issue Tracking","Tool Signature","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16612","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}