vulnerability
Arch Linux: Information disclosure (CVE-2017-10972)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jul 6, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jul 6, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
Uninitialized data in endianness conversion in the XEvent handling of the X.Org X Server on v1.19.3 and before allowed authenticated malicious users to access potentially privileged data from the X server.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-10972
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-10972
- URL-http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99543
- URL-https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283
- URL-https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=05442de962d3dc624f79fc1a00eca3ffc5489ced
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201708-11
- CWE-665
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