CVE-2017-10972
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 1.19.3-3 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2:1.19.3-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 2:1.19.3-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 2:1.19.3-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2:1.19.3-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2:1.19.3-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| x.org | x_server | {"endIncluding":"1.19.3"} | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201708-11
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99543
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=05442de962d3dc624f79fc1a00eca3ffc5489ced
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-10972
CWEs
CWE-665
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.