CVE-2017-16612

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

5.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 92.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-12-01 17:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 20:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-11-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

37c3d5a6064d1092a4ba384309db4d9f55397f4dc8c533d2f06349a2e0669d55

• cgit.freedesktop.orghttps://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=4794b5dd34688158fb51a2943032569d3780c4b8x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3622-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3622-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20171128 CVE-2017-16612 libXcursor: heap overflows when parsing malicious fileshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201801-04https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-04vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.freedesktop.orghttps://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-November/035979.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3501-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3501-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20171210 [SECURITY] [DLA 1201-1] libxcursor security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00002.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• cgit.freedesktop.orghttps://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?id=5d201df72f3d4f4cb8b8f75f980169b03507da38x_refsource_MISC
• marc.info[freedesktop-xorg-announce] 20171128 libXcursor 1.1.15https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188036018262&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.cucumberlinux.comhttp://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=156x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-4059https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4059vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN