DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16611

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16611
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16611.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16611
Upstream
Published
2017-12-01T17:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:22Z
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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libxfont

Package

Name
libxfont
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxfont?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.0.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / libxfont

Package

Name
libxfont
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxfont?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.0.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / libxfont

Package

Name
libxfont
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxfont?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.0.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / libxfont

Package

Name
libxfont
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxfont?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.0.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}