{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"CVE-2017-12185","aliases":["ALPINE-CVE-2017-12185","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12185","DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12185"],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"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.","dates":{"published":"2018-01-24T15:00:00.000Z","modified":"2024-08-05T18:28:16.638Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","version":"3.0","versionLabel":"v3.0","source":"NVD","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","computed":false,"selection":"backend-summary"},"metrics":[{"version":"3.0","versionLabel":"v3.0","source":"NVD","score":9.8,"severity":"critical","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false},{"version":"2.0","versionLabel":"v2.0","source":"NVD","score":7.5,"severity":"high","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false},{"version":"3.0","versionLabel":"v3.0","source":"OSV · Alpine","score":9.8,"severity":"critical","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","exploitability":10,"impact":9.8,"computed":true},{"version":"3.0","versionLabel":"v3.0","source":"OSV · Ubuntu","score":9.8,"severity":"critical","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","exploitability":10,"impact":9.8,"computed":true},{"version":"3.0","versionLabel":"v3.0","source":"OSV · Debian","score":9.8,"severity":"critical","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","exploitability":10,"impact":9.8,"computed":true}]},"epss":{"probability":0.04167,"percentile":0.90791,"severity":"low","asOf":"2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","change":{"pp":0,"baselineDate":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","baselineScore":0.04167},"history":[{"date":"2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.0367,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":0.90791}],"last30":[{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.0367,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04167,"percentile":0.90791}]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[],"exploitCount":0,"weaknesses":[{"id":"CWE-391","name":"Unchecked Error Condition","description":"[PLANNED FOR DEPRECATION. SEE MAINTENANCE NOTES AND CONSIDER CWE-252, CWE-248, OR CWE-1069.] Ignoring exceptions and other error conditions may allow an attacker to induce unexpected behavior unnoticed.","type":"weakness","status":"Incomplete","abstraction":"Base","likelihoodOfExploit":"Medium","url":"https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/391.html"},{"id":"CWE-20","name":"Improper Input Validation","description":"The product receives input or data, but it does\n        not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the\n        properties that are required to process the data safely and\n        correctly.","type":"weakness","status":"Stable","abstraction":"Class","likelihoodOfExploit":"High","url":"https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html"}],"affected":[{"vendor":"alpine","product":"xorg-server","name":"xorg-server","label":"xorg-server","ecosystem":"Alpine Linux","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/xorg-server","purlType":"apk","versions":[{"text":"< 1.19.5-r0","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 1.19.5-r0","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"debian","product":"xorg-server","name":"xorg-server","label":"xorg-server","ecosystem":"Debian","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xorg-server","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 2:1.19.5-1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 2:1.19.5-1","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"ubuntu","product":"xorg-server","name":"xorg-server","label":"xorg-server","ecosystem":"Ubuntu","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xorg-server","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.11","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"< 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.11 | < 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"ubuntu","product":"xorg-server-hwe-16.04","name":"xorg-server-hwe-16.04","label":"xorg-server-hwe-16.04","ecosystem":"Ubuntu","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xorg-server-hwe-16.04","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.4","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.4","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"ubuntu","product":"xorg-server-lts-xenial","name":"xorg-server-lts-xenial","label":"xorg-server-lts-xenial","ecosystem":"Ubuntu","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xorg-server-lts-xenial","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty4","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty4","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"debian","product":"debian_linux","name":"debian linux","label":"debian_linux","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"o","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"8.0","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"9.0","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"8.0 | 9.0","eol":{"isEol":true,"eolDate":"2020-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","matchMethod":"cpe","cycle":{"name":"8","label":"8 (Jessie)","eolFrom":"2020-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","isLts":false,"isMaintained":false,"latestVersion":"8.11"},"product":{"name":"debian","label":"Debian","category":"os"}},"hubHref":"/vendor/debian/debian_linux"},{"vendor":"x.org","product":"x_server","name":"x server","label":"x_server","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"< 1.19.5","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 1.19.5","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/xorg/x_server"}],"affectedCount":7,"eol":{"hasEol":true,"count":1},"references":[{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000","label":"www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4000","hostname":"www.debian.org","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource DEBIAN","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html","label":"lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html","hostname":"lists.debian.org","tags":["Mailing List","X Refsource MLIST","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=cad5a1050b7184d828aef9c1dd151c3ab649d37e","label":"cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=cad5a1050b7184d828aef9c1dd151c3ab649d37e","hostname":"cgit.freedesktop.org","tags":["X Refsource CONFIRM","Patch","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509215","label":"bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509215","hostname":"bugzilla.redhat.com","tags":["X Refsource CONFIRM","Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-12185","label":"security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-12185","hostname":"security.alpinelinux.org","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12185","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12185","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2017-October/002814.html","label":"lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2017-October/002814.html","hostname":"lists.x.org","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3456-1","label":"ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3456-1","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12185","label":"www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12185","hostname":"www.cve.org","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12185","label":"security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12185","hostname":"security-tracker.debian.org","tags":["Advisory"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":[],"downstream":["DLA-1186-1","DSA-4000-1","MGASA-2017-0401","SUSE-SU-2017:3025-1","SUSE-SU-2017:3047-1","USN-3456-1"],"duplicates":[],"related":["SUSE-SU-2017:3025-1","SUSE-SU-2017:3047-1","USN-3456-1"]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2018-01-24T15:00:00.000Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2024-08-05T18:28:16.638Z","label":"Last modified","detail":"Vulnerability information updated.","source":null}],"risk":{"score":70,"level":"high","profile":"Default","thresholds":{"critical":75,"high":50,"medium":25,"low":10}},"meta":{"dataAsOf":"2026-10-20T23:57:50.407Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}