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 server.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99543	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=05442de962d3dc624f79fc1a00eca3ffc5489ced	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99543	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=05442de962d3dc624f79fc1a00eca3ffc5489ced	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

29 Aug 2025, 13:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server::::::::
First Time		X.org x Server

Information

Published : 2017-07-06 11:29

Updated : 2025-08-29 13:42

NVD link : CVE-2017-10972

Mitre link : CVE-2017-10972

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-10972

JSON object : View

Products Affected

x.org

x_server

CWE

CWE-665

Improper Initialization

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