fkie_cve-2017-16611
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-12-01 17:29
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 17.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 17.10 | |
| x | libxfont | * | |
| x | libxfont | * |
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