Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 6, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-10972
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.
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Affected products
18- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206
< 7.6_1.18.3-74.2+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-74.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-27.121.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-27.121.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-27.121.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-27.121.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-74.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-74.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-27.121.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-74.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-27.121.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.18.3-74.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99543nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905nvd
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