Description
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in XFree86 VidModeExtension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
The X.Org Foundation xorg-x11-server
before 1.19.5affected
References
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000 ↗
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=1b1d4c04695dced2463404174b50b3581dbd857b ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-05 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509221 ↗