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CVE-2017-13723
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…
High7.8EPSS 0.44%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 61% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- 101253 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=94f11ca5cf011ef123bd222cabeaef6f424d76ac (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171122 [SECURITY] [DLA 1186-1] xorg-server security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201710-30 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20171004 Fwd: X server fixes for CVE-2017-13721 & CVE-2017-13723 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4000 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [xorg-announce] 20171004 [ANNOUNCE] xorg-server 1.19.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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