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.

Risk Information

Base Score
6.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.56

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
X.Org X11 server (USN-3362-1) xserver-xorg-core_1.18.4-0ubuntu0.3_i386.debLinux
X.Org X11 server (USN-3362-1) xserver-xorg-core_1.18.4-0ubuntu0.3_amd64.debLinux
X.Org X11 server (USN-3362-1) xserver-xorg-core_1.19.3-1ubuntu1.1_i386.debLinux
X.Org X11 server (USN-3362-1) xserver-xorg-core_1.19.3-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234