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CVE-2017-10972

Uninitialized data in endianness conversion in the XEvent handling of the X.Org X Server before 2017-06-19 allowed authenticated malicious…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.3%
percentile 83%
Public exploits
0
none known

Uninitialized data in endianness conversion in the XEvent handling of the X.Org X Server before 2017-06-19 allowed authenticated malicious users to access potentially privileged data from the X server.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.30% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.04.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

  • debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3905 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/99543 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • cgit.freedesktop.org /xorg/xserver/commit/?id=05442de962d3dc624f79fc1a00eca3ffc5489ced · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.suse.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1035283 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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