CVE-2017-10972

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.63%
Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99543 third party advisory vdb entry
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=05442de962d3dc624f79fc1a00eca3ffc5489ced third party advisory patch
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283 third party advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-10972?
CVE-2017-10972 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-10972?
To fix CVE-2017-10972, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-10972 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-10972 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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