CVE-2017-13723

High

Description

In X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.19.4, a local attacker authenticated to the X server could overflow a global buffer, causing crashes of the X server or potentially other problems by injecting large or malformed XKB related atoms and accessing them via xkbcomp.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductX.org X Server
PublishedOct 10, 2017
First seenOct 10, 2017

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
x.org x_serverv ≤ 1.19.3—
debian debian_linux8.0, 9.0—

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