CVE-2017-12164

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

0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 32.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

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.

Published

2018-07-26 16:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 18:28Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-08-01

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-592DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass IssuesDEPRECATED
• CWE-665Improper InitializationClass
• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0b2992ada1583ff1adabf938f0aa6b8c62787797e7caa941c06510f3813df3be

• gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/commit/ff98b28x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12164x_refsource_CONFIRM