CVE-2017-10972 Information disclosure in n/a
Authenticated attackers can read privileged data from the X server due to uninitialized memory in endianness conversion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-10972?
CVE-2017-10972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in X.org X Server, published on 6 Jul 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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: CWE-665
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10972?
It affects 1 product.
Products include X.org X Server.
How do I fix CVE-2017-10972?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2017-10972 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10972 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in X.org X Server
- CVE-2026-56000 xorg-x11-server / xwayland GLX contextTags Use-After-Free in CommonMakeCurrent()
- CVE-2017-10971 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2026-55999 xorg-server / xwayland glamor font atlas Heap Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2022-2319 Memory corruption in xorg-x11-server
- CVE-2022-2320 Memory corruption in xorg-x11-server
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10972, GHSA-2fw8-6c95-mmp8, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10972.