CVE-2017-10972
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.34%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-10972
To remediate CVE-2017-10972, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/xorg-server—upgrade to 2:1.19.3-2 or later
Is CVE-2017-10972 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2:1.19.3-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |