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CVE-2017-2626

MEDIUM
Published 2018-07-27T19:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
5.2
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.076
Higher than 7.6% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW

Description

It was discovered that libICE before 1.0.9-8 used a weak entropy to generate keys. A local attacker could potentially use this flaw for session hijacking using the information available from the process list.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Xorg

libICE

Affected Versions:

1.0.9-8

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-jqp9-hwjj-p328

Advisory Details

It was discovered that libICE before 1.0.9-8 used a weak entropy to generate keys. A local attacker could potentially use this flaw for session hijacking using the information available from the process list.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2626
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865
WEB https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2626
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1424992
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2626
WEB https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/?id=ff5e59f32255913bb1cdf51441b98c9107ae165b
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00022.html
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
WEB https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/14/3
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: May 14, 2022

References

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/?id=ff5e59f32255913bb1cdf51441b98c9107ae165b
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2626
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/14/3
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00022.html
Published: 2018-07-27T19:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T14:02:06.904Z
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