CVE-2012-1699 (GCVE-0-2012-1699)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-12-21 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:08
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
oracle CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 69/100 over 3007 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2012-07-24 00:00
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