Description
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.
Published: 2012-12-21
Score: 3.6 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-1709 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:08:38.483Z

Reserved: 2012-03-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1699

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-12-21T05:46:15.493

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-1699

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-1699 - Bugzilla

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