CVE-2017-16611

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open (but not read) files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-16611
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-01T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-02-20T06:06:47
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.0.0 1.5.4
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.0.0 2.0.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050459 Issue Tracking Tool Signature VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3500-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/7 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188049718337&w=2 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-announce&m=151188044218304&w=2 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=155 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-10 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00028.html Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16611
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16611
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:32:08 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:36:37 2017-12-01T17:29Z 2017-12-01T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:36:37 2022-02-20T06:06:47 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:36:37 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated