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The ProcSetEventMask function in difs/events.c in the xfs...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The ProcSetEventMask function in difs/events.c in the xfs font server for X.Org X11R6 through X11R6.6 and XFree86 before 3.3.3 calls the SendErrToClient function with a mask value instead of a pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information from memory via a SetEventMask request that triggers an invalid pointer dereference.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 21, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2012-1699

GHSA ID

GHSA-5m3w-c4wf-7pp9

Source code

No known source code

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