CVE-2017-16611

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16611
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16611.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-16611
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-12-01T17:29:00.463Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:50:21.329123105Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "x:libxfont",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "2.0.3"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "17.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "17.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "17.10"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "17.10"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxfont

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxfont
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Database specific
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.0.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.5.4"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

Other
MODULAR_COPY
PRE_xf86-4_3_0_1
XACE-SELINUX-MERGE
XORG-6_7_99_1
XORG-6_7_99_2
XORG-6_7_99_901
XORG-6_7_99_902
XORG-6_7_99_903
XORG-6_7_99_904
XORG-6_8_0
XORG-6_8_1
XORG-6_8_1_901
XORG-6_8_1_902
XORG-6_8_99_1
XORG-6_8_99_10
XORG-6_8_99_11
XORG-6_8_99_12
XORG-6_8_99_13
XORG-6_8_99_14
XORG-6_8_99_15
XORG-6_8_99_16
XORG-6_8_99_2
XORG-6_8_99_3
XORG-6_8_99_4
XORG-6_8_99_5
XORG-6_8_99_6
XORG-6_8_99_7
XORG-6_8_99_8
XORG-6_8_99_9
XORG-6_8_99_900
XORG-6_8_99_901
XORG-6_8_99_902
XORG-6_8_99_903
XORG-6_99_99_900
XORG-6_99_99_901
XORG-6_99_99_902
XORG-6_99_99_903
XORG-6_99_99_904
XORG-7_0
XORG-7_0_99_901
XORG-7_1
XORG-MAIN
lg3d-base
lg3d-rel-0-7-0
libxfont-1_1_0
rel-0-6-1
sco_port_update-base
xf86-012804-2330
xf86-4_3_0_1
xf86-4_3_99_16
xf86-4_3_99_901
xf86-4_3_99_902
xf86-4_3_99_903
xf86-4_3_99_903_special
xf86-4_4_0
xf86-4_4_99_1
libXfont-1.*
libXfont-1.2.0
libXfont-1.2.3
libXfont-1.2.4
libXfont-1.2.5
libXfont-1.2.6
libXfont-1.2.7
libXfont-1.2.8
libXfont-1.2.9
libXfont-1.3.0
libXfont-1.3.1
libXfont-1.3.2
libXfont-1.3.3
libXfont-1.3.4
libXfont-1.4.0
libXfont-1.4.1
libXfont-1.4.2
libXfont-1.4.3
libXfont-1.4.4
libXfont-1.4.5
libXfont-1.4.6
libXfont-1.4.7
libXfont-1.4.99.901
libXfont-1.5.0
libXfont-1.5.1
libXfont-1.5.2
libXfont-1.5.3

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16611.json"