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CVE-2017-16612

libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows...

7.5 HighFix available

libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows when processing malicious cursors, e.g., with programs like GIMP. It is also possible that an attack vector exists against the related code in cursor/xcursor.c in Wayland through 1.14.0.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

5.17%Up 2.5 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows when processing malicious cursors, e.g., with programs like GIMP. It is also possible that an attack vector exists against the related code in cursor/xcursor.c in Wayland through 1.14.0.

Record
CVE-2017-16612
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows when processing malicious cursors, e.g., with programs like GIMP. It is also possible that an attack vector exists against the related code in cursor/xcursor.c in Wayland through 1.14.0.

Record
CVE-2017-16612
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-7803 No score

libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows when processing malicious cursors, e.g., with programs like GIMP. It is also possible that an attack vector exists against the related code in cursor/xcursor.c in Wayland through 1.14.0.

Record
EUVD-2017-7803
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-777r-cpw4-3m4v 7.5

libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows...

libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows when processing malicious cursors, e.g., with programs like GIMP. It is also possible that an attack vector exists against the related code in cursor/xcursor.c in Wayland through 1.14.0.

Record
GHSA-777r-cpw4-3m4v
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2017-16612 7.5

libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows when processing malicious cursors, e.g., with programs like GIMP. It is also possible that an attack vector exists against the related code in cursor/xcursor.c in Wayland through 1.14.0.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2017-16612
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2017-16612 7.5

CVE-2017-16612 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2017-16612
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 7.5

libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows when processing malicious cursors, e.g., with programs like GIMP. It is also possible that an attack vector exists against the related code in cursor/xcursor.c in Wayland through 1.14.0.

Record
CVE-2017-16612
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-16612 7.5

libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows when processing malicious cursors, e.g., with programs like GIMP. It is also possible that an attack vector exists against the related code in cursor/xcursor.c in Wayland through 1.14.0.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16612
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-16612 7.5

libXcursor before 1.1.15 has various integer overflows that could lead to heap buffer overflows when processing malicious cursors, e.g., with programs like GIMP. It is also possible that an attack vector exists against the related code in cursor/xcursor.c in Wayland through 1.14.0.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16612
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0443 No score

Updated libxcursor packages fix security vulnerability

Heap overflows when parsing malicious files. (CVE-2017-16612)

Record
MGASA-2017-0443
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10919-1 No score

libXcursor-devel-1.2.0-1.9 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libXcursor-devel-1.2.0-1.9 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10919-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:3214-1 No score

Security update for libXcursor

This update for libXcursor fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2017-16612: Fix integeroverflow while parsing images and a signedness issue while parsing comments (bsc#1065386).
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:3214-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0246-1 No score

Security update for xorg-x11-libs

This update for xorg-x11-libs fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-16612: Heap overflows due to an integer overflow while parsing images and a signedness issue while parsing comments (bsc#1065386).
  • CVE-2017-13720: Improper check for end of string in PatterMatch caused invalid reads (bsc#1054285)
  • CVE-2017-13722: Malformed PCF file could have caused DoS or leak information (bsc#1049692)
  • Prevent the X server from accessing arbitrary files as root. It is not possible to leak information, but special files can be touched allowing for causing side effects (bsc#1050459)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0246-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3501-1 No score

libxcursor vulnerability

It was discovered that libxcursor incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could use these issues to cause libxcursor to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Record
USN-3501-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3622-1 No score

wayland vulnerability

It was discovered that the Wayland Xcursor support incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could use these issues to cause Wayland to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Record
USN-3622-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.10
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.11
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.12
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.13
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.14
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.15
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.16
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.17
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.18
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.19
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.20
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.21
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.22
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.23
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.24
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.4
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.5
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.6
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.7
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.8
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Alpine:v3.9
before 1.1.15-r0
1.1.15-r0
libxcursor
Debian:12
before 1:1.1.14-3.1
1:1.1.14-3.1
libxcursor
Debian:13
before 1:1.1.14-3.1
1:1.1.14-3.1
libxcursor
Debian:14
before 1:1.1.14-3.1
1:1.1.14-3.1
wayland
Debian:12
before 1.14.0-2
1.14.0-2
wayland
Debian:13
before 1.14.0-2
1.14.0-2
wayland
Debian:14
before 1.14.0-2
1.14.0-2
libxcursor
Debian:7
before 1:1.1.13-1+deb7u2, plus listed versions
1:1.1.13-11:1.1.13-1+deb7u1
1:1.1.13-1+deb7u2
libxcursor
Debian:8
before 1:1.1.14-1+deb8u1, plus listed versions
1:1.1.14-1
1:1.1.14-1+deb8u1
libxcursor
Debian:9
before 1:1.1.14-1+deb9u1, plus listed versions
1:1.1.14-1
1:1.1.14-1+deb9u1
libxcursor
Mageia:5
before 1.1.14-5.1.mga5
1.1.14-5.1.mga5
libxcursor
Mageia:6
before 1.1.14-6.1.mga6
1.1.14-6.1.mga6
libXcursor
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 1.1.14-4.3.1
1.1.14-4.3.1
libXcursor
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 1.1.14-4.3.1
1.1.14-4.3.1
libXcursor
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
before 1.1.14-4.3.1
1.1.14-4.3.1
libXcursor
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
before 1.1.14-4.3.1
1.1.14-4.3.1
libXcursor
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 1.1.14-4.3.1
1.1.14-4.3.1
libXcursor
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
before 1.1.14-4.3.1
1.1.14-4.3.1
libXcursor
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
before 1.1.14-4.3.1
1.1.14-4.3.1
libXcursor
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
before 1.1.14-4.3.1
1.1.14-4.3.1
libXcursor
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 1.1.14-4.3.1
1.1.14-4.3.1
xorg-x11-libs
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 7.4-8.26.50.5.3
7.4-8.26.50.5.3
xorg-x11-libs
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 7.4-8.26.50.5.3
7.4-8.26.50.5.3
xorg-x11-libs
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 7.4-8.26.50.5.3
7.4-8.26.50.5.3
libxcursor
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 1:1.1.14-1ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions
1:1.1.14-1
1:1.1.14-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
wayland
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 1.4.0-1ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions
1.1.0-2ubuntu31.3.0-11.3.92-11.4.0-11.4.0-1ubuntu1
1.4.0-1ubuntu1.1
libxcursor
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 1:1.1.14-1ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions
1:1.1.14-1
1:1.1.14-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
wayland
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 1.12.0-1~ubuntu16.04.3, plus listed versions
1.8.1-11.9.0-11.12.0-1~ubuntu16.04.11.12.0-1~ubuntu16.04.2
1.12.0-1~ubuntu16.04.3
libXcursor
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 1.2.0-1.9
1.2.0-1.9

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-16612 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in X Libxcursor, published November 28, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.17%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in libxcursor 1.1.15-r0.

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