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01 Record

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 users to access potentially privileged data from the X

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 83.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2017-07-06 11:00Z9 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 17:57Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-07-06
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-665Improper InitializationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
8b85cc89d52f4cf884757cfc3691e96e519d1fea789eb2d5a807a4dcf6315abd

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—
x.orgx_serverNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • xorg-server
    Fixed in 1.19.3-3

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 12

  • xorg-server
    Fixed in 2:1.19.3-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • xorg-server
    Fixed in 2:1.19.3-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • xorg-server
    Fixed in 2:1.19.3-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • xorg-server
    Fixed in 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.9
  • xorg-server-lts-xenial
    Fixed in 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • xorg-server
    Fixed in 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.3
  • xorg-server-hwe-16.04
    Fixed in 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1~16.04.2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.