CVE-2017-10972
CVSS V2 Medium 4
CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-10972
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-07-06T11:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 1.19.3 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 4
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 6.5
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=05442de962d3dc624f79fc1a00eca3ffc5489ced | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99543 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10972 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10972 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:19:39 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 18:24:45 | 2017-07-06T11:29Z | 2017-07-06T11:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 18:24:45 | 2019-10-03T00:03:26 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 18:24:45 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |