CVE-2017-12185

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CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

4%p90

Published

Jan 24, 2018 (Jan 24, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Vendors: debian x.org
Products: debian linux, x server
Weakness: CWE-391, CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (4.2%)

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