CVE-2017-16611

Publication date

2017-12-01 17:00:00

Family

mitre

State

PUBLISHED

Description

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.