CVE-2017-2624
It was found that xorg-x11-server before 1.19.0 including uses memcmp() to check the received MIT cookie against a series of valid cookies. If the cookie is correct, it is allowed to attach to the
02 Description
It was found that xorg-x11-server before 1.19.0 including uses memcmp() to check the received MIT cookie against a series of valid cookies. If the cookie is correct, it is allowed to attach to the
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
- 0.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 52.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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
- Low. 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
- 2018-07-27 18:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 14:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-12-01
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 16253ed7532a72fd6849b9e457da1192db5159094a3476342dac3dfc819dcc4a
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201704-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
- gitlab.freedesktop.orghttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/d7ac755f0b618eb1259d93c8a16ec6e39a18627c
- www.securitytracker.com1037919http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20171122 [SECURITY] [DLA 1186-1] xorg-server security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00032.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201710-30https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-30
- www.securityfocus.com96480http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480
- www.x41-dsec.dehttps://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2624
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.19.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.19.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.19.2-1
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.
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