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CVE-2017-2626
Published:July 27, 2018
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Related Resources (11)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2626
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2626
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00022.html
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/?id=ff5e59f32255913bb1cdf51441b98c9107ae165b
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/14/3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2626
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
4.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
LOW
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Insufficient Entropy
CWE-331
EPSS
Base Score:
0.10