VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-10972

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-07-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-665: Improper Initialization

Primary references