TI-2017-08055 Aliases CVE-2017-10972 GHSA-2fw8-6c95-mmp8

Uninitialized data in endianness conversion in the XEvent handling of the X.Org X Server…

LOW 33CWE-665Published 2017-07-06 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.023 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server::::::::	up to 1.19.3	Vulnerable	x.org

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.19.3 Vulnerable ·x.org

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-10972
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2fw8-6c95-mmp8

References

Patch 1

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=05442de962d3dc624f79fc1a00eca3ffc5489ced

Advisory 2

TI-2018-10528 A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.6
TI-2017-08976 Improper input validation in x.org xorg-x11-server CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-08975 xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-08974 Improper input validation in x.org xorg-x11-server CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-08973 Improper input validation in x.org xorg-x11-server CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-08972 Improper input validation in x.org xorg-x11-server CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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