CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-12179.md

### [CVE-2017-12179](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12179)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=xorg-x11-server&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=before%201.19.5%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-391&color=brightgreen)

### Description

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was vulnerable to integer overflow in (S)ProcXIBarrierReleasePointer functions allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/VGExplainer/VGExplainer