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    CVE-2017-10972

    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.

    Published:Jun 19, 2017
    Last Modified:Aug 29, 2025
    EPS:Jul 6, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.0056
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    X.org
    Product
    X Server

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-665 Improper Initialization

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High