Vulnerability in Freedesktop Libice

CVE-2017-2626

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.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-2626: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2626?
CVE-2017-2626 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Libice, classified under Insufficient Entropy. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2018-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-2626?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-2626 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.