CVE-2017-10972

MEDIUM

X.Org X Server <2017-06-19 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99543

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=05442de962d3dc624f79fc1a00eca3ffc5489ced

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0056

EPSS Percentile 68.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-665

Status published

Products (2)

x.org/x_server < 1.19.3

n/a/n/a

Published Jul 06, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026