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.
References
Link | Resource |
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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
History
No history.
Information
Published : 2017-07-06 11:29
Updated : 2019-10-03 00:03
NVD link : CVE-2017-10972
Mitre link : CVE-2017-10972
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-10972
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Products Affected
x.org
- xorg-server
CWE
CWE-665
Improper Initialization