{"cve":"CVE-2012-1699","nvd":{"published":"2012-12-21T05:46:15.493","modified":"2026-06-16T23:40:07.510","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://invisible-island.net/ansification/ansify-xfs-cve.html","http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2012-July/002040.html","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135765511704334&w=2","http://twitter.com/bsdaemon/status/228958599790071809","https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_1699_denial_of"],"products":["x:x.org_x11","xfree86:xfree86"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:27:27.940201468+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-1699","score":0.00351,"percentile":0.28756,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}